H.R. 2180 represents a common sense solution to a problem that I do not think anyone anticipated.

We have an obligation to help those who have defended our country by giving them the tools they need to rejoin the civilian workforce.

I believe that this bill represents something that we can always use more of in government, a little common sense.

I simply think that it is wrong to expect someone who has served their country, and been injured as a result of that service, be penalized because we, as a government, are putting them back in uniform.

I would like to take this time to thank the staff members of the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee who lent their expertise during the drafting of this bill and thank Chairwoman Herseth Sandlin and Ranking Member Boozman for the…

Like many of you, I think it's about time that we start doing as much for our veterans as they have done for us.

Like many of you, I think it is about time that we start doing as much for our veterans as they have done for us.

This Budget allows us to do that and it also enhances the VA's suicide prevention campaign, an increasingly important program.

I am particularly pleased that the President's proposed budget prioritizes the mental health needs of our veterans.

This budget will help us eliminate the shameful backlog of 400,000 veterans benefits claims and finally get those veterans the services and support they deserve.

the proposals I have addressed would mean that wells would shut down, the bread winners in families in districts like mine would lose their jobs, and there would be that much more oil and gas that we would need to import from foreign…