I appreciate the chance to discuss today the primary care workforce challenges that we are facing, and the possible solutions to addressing such critical issues.

I am going to ask you, if you will, to provide for the committee, the comprehensive list of those Work Force programs and their stated objectives, if you will.

It is about whether a person is in an un-served or underserved area, urban, maybe it is in one of the best health care delivery markets in the country.

I rise today in the middle of an important debate on gun control to talk about an issue that should have been at the forefront for years, and it deals with our Nation's veterans. I am specifically talking about 129,000 of our Nation's war…

I am going to be brief because I do want my colleagues to listen. This is an important amendment. Today, the VA determination is that if a veteran cannot handle their own finances, then their name is referred to the FBI and they are put on…

I ask unanimous consent to call up my amendment numbered 720. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from North Carolina [Mr. Burr] for himself, Mr. Wicker…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 720

I ask that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To protect the Second Amendment rights of veterans and their families) At the end…

I appreciate that, Mr. Secretary, and I encourage it.

Twenty fifteen remains our target.

In the budget submission, you do say that you will decide 335,000 fewer claims in 2013 and 2014, right?

we must conduct vigorous oversight to make sure programs which benefit veterans are working properly and lead to better outcomes for veterans, their families, and their survivors.