Todd Russell Platts: “I certainly appreciate the difficult fiscal times we are in. The gentleman and his staff have done a great job of trying…”

I am the lead Republican with Mr. Donnelly on the America Works Act, which is to then promote the--what has been discussed here to some degree already--the nationally recognized, very portable skill credentials.

Congress, we are not going to let Medicare provider reimbursements drop 25 percent or more now, or I would contend, ever, because of what it would mean to seniors getting access.

My concern is that the president's budget proposal is trying to reinvent the wheel at the expense of proven and critically needed Perkins programs.

If the gentlelady will yield, I would add it's been a great privilege to serve with you here and to travel. You'll enjoy a story from that trip when we were visiting the Special Forces in the Philippine Islands. This past September, I was…