the enthusiasm is starting to wane because that test site is not producing like we thought it would.

I want to thank you for your leadership and tell you what a pleasure it has been to work with you.

I am going to keep bringing it up and appreciate working with you on it.

A proper burial for our Nation's veterans and their families is a solemn obligation that we need to uphold.

Thank you both for all the good work you do with families during this most difficult time.

I just worry about state cemeteries having different policies in different states.

I would argue that that is not a convenient access if you have to ride 2 hours each way on mass transit and walk 6 miles, that is not very convenient.

I think that is something that we also need to look at and work on legislation to correct.

We need a policy on that. Right now it is rather capricious, it is case by case.

There is still a problem where some of our veterans do not have the ability to be buried in national cemeteries.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight a significant provision in the defense authorization bill, and this is language that is based on H.R. 2015, the Las Vegas Valley Public Lands and Tule Springs Fossil Beds…

As a country, we have a responsibility to help our veterans transition back from active military duty by giving them the tools they need to succeed in civilian life. Sadly, far too many of the men and women who have sacrificed so much on…

It is important that we get together to discuss the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund because the Philippines have a long and distinguished history of associating and being part with the United States.

I continue to hear concerns from my Filipino veteran constituents in Las Vegas, who believe that while the program was well intended, there are still problems with it.

On rollcall No. 521, had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Recorded Vote…

Well, thank you very much. I would like to thank my colleague, Congresswoman Norton, for arranging this important discussion about an issue that is moving quickly in State capitals across the country, here in Washington, D.C., but in…

You really don't believe it is getting any better?

I share some of your frustration because most of the veterans in the valley live in Las Vegas, that is where the population is, and yet the regional office is 8 hours away in Reno.

Why don't you just put the appeal form in the original letter when you send it out, and that takes away that 60-day problem in the beginning? That is just commonsense.

I thought we were supposed to help veterans, so it upsets me when I am given an answer like that.

I thank the gentlewoman from Arizona for yielding to me and for all her hard work on behalf of our veterans. Mr. Speaker, as the ranking member of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee, I rise in support of S. 2258…

Earlier today, the Republican members of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, with one notable exception, voted to deny LGBT veterans the Federal VA benefits they have earned if they happen to live in a State that does not recognize…

I thank my friend for yielding. I thank Mr. Michaud and Chairman Miller for their leadership on this important bill. As a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I have been working with my colleagues to ensure that veterans have…

In 2 days, we will go home, leaving behind a long list of unfinished business, but it is not for lack of trying on the part of Democrats. We have introduced bills, signed discharge petitions, protested on the steps of the Capitol, and…

I would like to thank my colleague from California for yielding to me, and for addressing this important issue of coverage for victims of sexual assault in the National Guard. I rise in support of the Brownley motion to instruct. As you…