I would like to understand the process that was used in determining which programs were more at risk than others.

I appreciate the VA's mission to end homelessness among veterans.

I rise today also to speak with regard to the work of the Veterans' Affairs Committee. The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee yesterday passed some very critical legislation. It is great to see the chairman and the ranking member and how…

Let me just move on to rural appraisals. I am from South Dakota. We have had challenges.

What it did, though, was it brought to light the fact that when we collect data, we have an additional obligation to protect that data.

Look, we have got to have disclosures that people will actually read.

I rise to speak concerning the Dodd-Frank Act, which mandates the creation of 398 new rules. These rules are still in the process of being implemented, but already we have seen capital moving from productive uses to inefficient and…

I rise today to speak on my amendment to the Every Child Achieves Act, which is amendment No. 2078. I would like to thank Senator Udall for joining me in supporting this important amendment. Since my time working in the South Dakota State…

Could you also get me or get the Committee the actual disciplinary actions that have occurred so far, whether it be in a 1-year period, 2-year period, or 3-year period of time?

I look forward to her comments on that, as well as the VA's testimony.

I would like to see that, because what we are hearing here is that if you are doing peer reviews, the next question is if you find the problems, what do you do to fix them, and you have suggested that you have the disciplinary capabilities…

I am never going to cede our responsibility or our jurisdiction as a Member of the Veterans' Committee to another committee of the Senate.

I would express concern about the impact citizen suits could have on the States' ability to regulate coal ash disposal.

I rise today to encourage my colleagues to join the bipartisan group of Armed Services Committee members who support a very important measure for our troops. Last month, we overwhelmingly voted in favor of the National Defense…

Once again, I think we have come down to the heart of what many of us see as one of the major problems with the way the Federal regulatory process works today.

I do not believe the rules being put in place today necessarily do that or that we have the system in place right now that effectively oversees that implementation.

If we disagree, then we will rewrite a part of the law or amend the law so that you cannot do what you are trying to do or what you misunderstand our intent was in the first place.

This amendment would actually ask the rulemakers to decide whether or not they could void a law passed by Congress.

I think it gives those individuals who have a concern about whether or not you are picking winners and losers, and you should not be picking winners and losers.

So you would do it in 80 or 82...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I would also like to echo the comments earlier.

I rise, for the first time speaking in this Chamber, to discuss the future of our great Nation, how truly fortunate we are to live in the greatest country in the world. We are protected by the best military that has ever existed and that…

It is a reference out of Atmospheric Environment done by Mr. Emery back in 2011.

I am curious, in your studies looking at the sound science side of this, is it even attainable?

The reason I reacted to 110 or 120 ppb is that is an extraordinarily high value.