Bob Casey

What is your greatest concern about the transition, the drawdown of our forces?

I know we are pretty much out of time, but I know that Members of Congress have an obligation to be constructive, have an obligation to try to undertake efforts that will lead to a better relationship between our two countries, our two…

I would hope that coming out of that October engagement that we have benchmarks or measuring tools to assess what they have done since that.

The most important metric is a reduction in casualties.

I am confident though we can get this done, that the Congress of the United States can come together and successfully reach the compromise that we need that puts us on a path to fiscal sustainability while protecting middle income families.

Sometimes it is in the testimony. Sometimes we ask about it; sometimes we do not.

So keep it as a front burner issue.

We do not talk about it enough in the Senate, and I am grateful that you are demonstrating continued leadership on this issue.

Now, I realize that sometimes the best thing for the Congress to do is to provide resources as best we can and to get out of the way.

I wanted to return to an issue that Senator Cardin raised initially with regard to women and in these countries where it is particularly difficult to put in place strategies to allow them to be more a part of the effort to get the results…

Pharmacists have the expertise to help evaluate if compounding is being conducted in accordance with Federal and State definitions and standards.

I believe we have a duty to exercise our investigative and oversight authority, and to make sure that we take every step possible to ensure that a tragedy like the ongoing meningitis outbreak does not happen again.

Please accept our best wishes for a wonderful holiday season.

It is clear that NECC was operating outside the bounds of Federal and State law.

Something went wrong at NECC, and now over 30 people are dead as a result.

I want to, first of all, thank all the Members who are cosponsors, led by Senator Graham, Senator Lieberman, and our team doing this. This is bipartisan on a very important issue. I think it does three things. It adds a sense of urgency…

Refusing, failing to carry out the law as Congress has passed it undercuts Congress' role in our constitutional system

I have had many parents sit in my office and cry because they were not able to get a CCDBG Child Care subsidy and they could not afford my fee which is established using a sliding fee scale based on their income and the number in the…

Public investment in the education of young children produces unparalleled returns--in the short and long term--for our Nation.

Maryland, by housing CCDBG in the Department of Education, appears to have done a good job at aligning CCDBG with State educational goals.

Providing parents with information about the quality of childcare available to them is necessary to ensuring that parents can make informed childcare choices.

The first years of a child's life are critical to her future development; we cannot afford to ignore the importance of quality care in the early years.

Early Education Teachers are professionals and we do need to pay them accordingly, provide benefits and require ongoing training like their counter parts in the public school system.

While CCDBG is, first and foremost, a work support program providing parents with the peace of mind that their children have a place to go while the parents are at work, we have learned so much about child development since 1996, when the…

While I think we should be making a larger Federal investment in childcare, I am well aware of our Nation's fiscal reality.