we acted on a measure I cosponsored to provide new authorities to the President to extend the wide array of existing U.S. sanctions on Hezbollah to any international banks determined by the Treasury Department to facilitate its activities…

That is a great service, Mr. Coy. Thank you.

I want to ask a couple of questions, Mr. Coy, about Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment services, VR&E.

IAVA supports each of the bills before the Committee today.

We support Sen. Kirk's draft legislation which directs the VA to punish supervisors found to take retaliatory actions against whistleblowers.

We have asked from MILCON what the right ratio--do we have enough counselors, considering the number of people coming home?

I thank Senator Whitehouse. When I introduced Senator Whitehouse to the mayor of Cleveland and to a number of experts in Cleveland, from public health officials, to wind energy entrepreneurs, to community groups to whom climate change…

this week we honor the men and women who serve our Nation with honor and their families who also sacrifice--whom we do not remember enough--who sacrifice so much for the servicemembers they love and for all of us in our country. The…

the last point I wish to make before turning to the Senator from Oklahoma is something that we call Honor Flights. One of the great things that have come out of the National World War II Memorial is that men and women who have served in…

I have never done this at a committee hearing, and that is to suggest that people read a book, by name...

Do not ever call me that again.

People for a whole host of reasons are not as aggressive as you, because of the stigma, because their personality is not so outgoing as yours.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognizing Hospice of the Western Reserve

both of my parents spent their final days in hospice care. My father passed away a decade and a half ago at the age of 89. My mother was in hospice care for a few weeks--seemed to be long weeks, but a few weeks--and died at 88 6\1/2\ years…

we have seen this movie before. It was 4 years ago that a drug company in St. Louis raised the price dramatically on a drug that was administered to pregnant women, a shot they took once a week for 20 weeks that significantly reduced the…

I mean, I know that the United States Senate sings with an upper-class accent every damn day of the year.

I am hopeful that we will on this committee.

I have worked on legislation to allow people who at some time of the year had earned... to get up to a $500 advance.

I know that the Earned Income Tax Credit is so important... We know that the tax credit in 2013 lifted 9 million Americans, including 5 million children, out of poverty.

But again, conflating improper payments with fraud and abuse is erroneous, correct?

What we are suggesting that the Congress do is regulate paid tax preparers.

We believe Congress should accelerate the filing dates for W-2 information.

in August this country lost a hero, a woman most have not heard of, but her story is legendary. Frances Oldham Kelsey passed away in August at the age of 101. She was a woman of tremendous courage and conviction. She was a trailblazing…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Frances Oldham Kelsey

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 20 minutes as in morning business and to share the time with the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Portman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering Congressman Louis Stokes