I find that unimaginable given the discussion we are having about West L.A.

I think it is a great idea, a great opportunity, the work on making sure that we have the partnerships with the right NGO's to provide the service is something I look forward to working with you on, and I appreciate your efforts.

We have to have the processes in place to deal with it in that moment.

Part of what I think we need to do, as long as we have the backlog that we do, then we need the judicial capacity to clear the backlog.

I rise today to speak about a subject matter I touched on about a month ago regarding current trade negotiations. I don't blame elected officials for pushing legislation, policy proposals, or ideas that further their home State's…

I ask unanimous consent to withdraw amendment No. 2690. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, all postcloture time is expired. Vote on Motion to…

we do need to come up with some sort of findings of fact before we approve future programs

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 2690 Withdrawn

if you come back and you explain to us why you're going to miss your dates, that becomes our problem

I think that this is extraordinary. ... This is just purely criminal activity, where they are getting a guaranteed rate of return.

It is unacceptable and irresponsible not to have that position filled by somebody and I call on the Administration to do their job.

I think Secretary Mabus should be ashamed of the statement he made this week because he has taken the eye off the ball of solving this problem.

I have been told that there have been claims denied since I was given an assurance that they would not be for at least the three types of diseases.

We owe it to these veterans.

I think it's irresponsible. We've had this--the Secretary come before this committee and say that the number and severity of threats have not been greater since 9/11.

There is not a single veteran that has ever served in the armed services who will say, we will not fight one battle until we can win them all.

If we need a backlog to be created because we have people who may have legitimate claims, create the backlog and then we will figure out how to fund the operation to draw down the backlog.

I thank my colleague from the great State of Alaska for his comments. I wish to be associated with those comments. I also thank him not only for his service in the Senate but for his service in the Marines. I stand here today heartbroken…

If we fail to do it, I think it's a failure on the part of all parties to fix what to me is a blinding flash of the obvious, something that needs to be fixed.

as we speak, there are American trade negotiators in Hawaii from the Pacific Rim and South America negotiating the final terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. I rise today to speak about an element of those negotiations which I…

If we do not make the changes, how can we actually achieve the goal of zero homeless veterans?

We have got to move pretty quickly if we have any hope of hitting that trajectory.

These people are evil people, and they are going to continue to expand in the areas where they think they can.

I have come to talk about what I think we have reached here--a tipping point in terms of President Obama's legacy. Recently, Jimmy Carter emphatically charged that President Obama has weakened us and brought us less respect everywhere in…

we were sworn in--you and I both--in January, and I know we have both gone to our States and traveled across our States to get an idea of the pressing problems our States and our Nation face. One of the areas I have focused most of my…