I've introduced a bill with the Chairman, Senator Murkowski, that will make the IHS Health Professions Awards Program exempt from a Federal income tax requirement.

But more is clearly needed. Indian Country needs better access to clinical services.

my good friend, Senator Jeff Flake from Arizona, appeared here just an hour or so before and also spoke on the issue that I am going to speak about today. That issue is the ambassadorship to Mexico and the woman who has been nominated by…

I ask unanimous consent to be recognized in morning business for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Nomination of Roberta Jacobson

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session to consider the following nomination: Calendar No. 365; that the Senate proceed to vote without intervening action or debate on the nomination; that if confirmed, the…

years of reduced MILCON budgets and deferred maintenance have resulted in facilities and infrastructure that may not be adequate.

Thank you very much, and thank you for your courtesies, Mr. Chairman.

I think it's important we move forward, so we make sure that we have a good, long-term relationship between the Air Force and the White Sand's National Monument.

I fully respect the fact that you took this assignment, Mr. Secretary, at a difficult time during great publicity around a serious scandal.

the military's ability to meet future global challenges is directly tied to its facilities.

But it is also one of the most frustrating. As I have said here before, the majority of veterans are satisfied with the care they receive from the VA when and if they can get it.

I am happy to see that the Albuquerque VA has made significant progress, the percentage of backlog claims from around 60 percent in 2013 to 20 percent just last month.