I hope in your new position you will take very seriously that this investigation... should not be swept under the rug.

It does. We have all visited Walter Reed and we have all met our wounded warriors who are heroes. They have sacrificed more than we could ever ask anyone to sacrifice for our Nation. Some of them don't have arms, legs. They receive a…

I thank my colleague from South Carolina. I picked up an editorial this morning from the Washington Post that calls the cuts to the cost-of-living adjustments to military retirees minuscule and demeans this criticism. It calls the cuts…

yesterday I came to the Senate floor to discuss two amendments I had filed to the budget agreement that would have addressed an egregious part of this agreement, which is the cuts to military retiree benefits. In particular, I think the…

I thank the Senator from South Carolina for his leadership on this important issue. What I want to ask the Senator is this. Some have come to this floor and said: Pass this budget agreement, and we will fix this later. Does the Senator…

Of all the people who deserve our effort, doesn't the Senator think we could stay here as long as we need to before the holidays--a little bit of inconvenience for us--to fix this? Because one thing I see from this is we are saying to our…

I could not agree with the Senator from South Carolina more. I heard the chairman of the Budget Committee say the fact that disabled veterans are included in this, those who have had a medical retirement--we have talked about them; we have…

Let me just say, we can do the right thing. We do not have to set our expectations so low that we cannot come together and find a pay-for that is acceptable to both sides of the aisle that says what we should say to our men and women in…

I come to the floor today to talk about an issue about which I am deeply concerned. While I certainly appreciate the work done by Congressman Ryan and Senator Murray on the recent budget agreement, in my view there is a provision in this…

We think we are unique, but we----don't want a separate New Hampshire band.

I was very pleased last month that DOD, NTIA, and the FCC announced an agreement to get the 1755 to 1780 megahertz band ready for auction.

I think it sat around here for a long time. We all knew that it needed to be done, and there wasn't the impetus to move it forward.