I thank Senator Tillis, and I understand his view on this issue. I appreciate the position of Senator Tillis, my colleague on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. I just fundamentally say that, first of all, we shouldn't leave town. We should…

too often this body talks about supporting our veterans while doing far too little to pass critical legislation that would actually help them. The Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, of which I am a member-- and I am joined by my…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

it has now been 4 months since the U.S. Treasury did the right thing and rejected the Central States Teamsters pension fund plan to cut the premiums they had earned through a lifetime of hard work. That was a win for all of us who urged…

I would like more on that, because my understanding is that at least initially you have to confront your supervisor, who has much to say about it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for starting a second round. I appreciate that. There is so much more to discuss.

I call it 'fraud' because I got tired of the euphemisms a long time ago.

I found it particularly telling--that Mr. Stumpf said he met pretty much weekly, sometimes more often, with Ms. Tolstedt.

Your agencies have the authority to make criminal referrals. Have you done so in this case?

I rise to honor Seaman 1st Class William W. Welch, a native of Springfield, OH--an American hero who laid down his life for our country during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Seaman Welch was known to his family as Billy. He enlisted in the…

I was stunned when I learned of the breadth and the duration of the fraud committed by Wells Fargo.

last year our country celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the most important pieces of legislation that was passed in the 20th century. It opened the door for millions of Americans to exercise their…

I would like to at least ask you to do this, then: Once you have made that determination of how many there are, I would like you to make them whole; and if you are not willing to make them whole, I would like a written response about why…

yesterday I joined Senator Manchin, Senator Warner, Senator Capito, and others about the mine workers' pension. I come to the floor again today as I just cannot believe that my colleagues are going to go home. Some wanted to go today and…

I thank the Senator from West Virginia, and I thank our colleague Senator Capito. Last week I joined Senator Manchin, Senator Capito, and others to speak to hundreds of coal miners rallying on the lawn right outside the Capitol. It was an…

There are always efforts of one country playing off against another, one set of companies playing off one country against another to try to weaken rules.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Senator Boozman, and for the work that we have done together on all kinds of issues.

Senators, Vietnam Veterans of America thanks you for your attention to our position and our conclusions vis a vis the recommendations of the Commission on Care.

They really want to know they have the choice. They are generally mostly satisfied with Cincinnati VA or Dayton VA or Cleveland, but they want to know they have that choice, which I think is so important.

It will have a direct impact on Ohioans and other Americans who live in or near floodplains.

I also view today's hearing as the first step in a comprehensive examination of the program leading up to its reauthorization in 2017.

I hope to get an update from Deputy Associate Administrator Wright on how the NFIP is responding to the devastation in Louisiana.

Flooding is the most common and most costly natural disaster facing our country.

while my colleagues and I were back home in Ohio, Michigan, Arizona or Florida over the last number of weeks, this country lost one of the heroes in the fight to eradicate smallpox: Lakewood, OH, native and Oberlin College graduate Dr…