Our service members and veterans have protected the United States at immense personal cost to themselves and their families.

I was shocked and horrified like everybody else when I read in the Washington Post on December 7th that Dover Air Force Base Mortuary Affairs had been sending unidentified remains of soldiers to Prince George's County Landfill.

As an Army officer and veteran I believe in the warrior ethos which, you know, says never leave a fallen comrade behind.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member for holding this hearing on important legislation today, including my Place of Remembrance Act.

I think this is an outrage and we have got to fix it permanently.

I urge my colleague to consider supporting this important legislation by including it in the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act.

The goal of this bipartisan legislation is to help the Department of Defense shape its policies and practices of the TRICARE benefits to account for the specific health care needs of children.

This bill allows us to take another critical step in ensuring that all veterans are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

I am thankful to my constituent, Steve Ebersole of the American Legion, who first brought this problem to my attention.

I believe Mr. Madoff had two sides of his business. He had a broker-dealer side and an investment advisor side.

We all want to make sure that we don't drive jobs out of America and we don't make it harder for companies that need to manage their risk to do so.