Steve Israel: “I commend you, Mr. Secretary, and the administration for putting this critical focus into homeless veterans.”

Well, look in an election where every single battleground state is virtually tied to the last voter, every single one, you, my party cant afford to leave a single vote on that razors edge. So we've got to go after every single voter.

I am disappointed that the increases proposed in fiscal year 2016 for Indian Health Service and many other agencies are not offset by responsible cuts to lower-priority spending elsewhere.

Some time ago Congressman Peter King and I were able to pass an amendment to the DoD authorization bill providing $10 million for new public-private partnerships between DoD, primarily in the Guard and Reserve, to engage in research…

the reality is out there that we all need to guard against this authoritarian effort, that is yes, born out of the Republican Party, unfortunately, but it is.