Unlike the vast majority of the private sector, the Federal Government has made it a priority to hire veterans by giving them a statutory preference in hiring.

I rise because evidently, in the House of Representatives, we will be taking up the possible passage of a revised but, as yet, unseen American Health Care Act. I rise to urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to vote against this…

the advertising helps reassure people that cooperating with the Census is safe and will not hurt them?

I would be interested on your take on the matter. While the FBI operates as part of the Justice Department, of course, due to the nature of its work, it has historically been seen as relatively independent.

We have to worry about that.

This is how we decide how many members of Congress get allocated to each state.

our tax dollars are hard-earned and scarce and that is why it is so important that we get a cost-efficient census and an accurate one.

I think some of these are penny wise and pound foolish.

I mean, the Census is done, you know, appears very early in our Constitution, in the text.

I want to invite your attention to the issue of notification to families of victims of crime, notifications of parole hearings.

The Department would like to commend the State for its commitment to increasing the speed of recovery.

I commend you and the State of Louisiana for taking charge of the lengthy process of seeking disaster aid for the Baton Rouge community.