I think you are here to make sure other families do not experience what you have experienced.

We need to know that they are hurting and they need to know that we are there for them.

People who served in the military have an extraordinarily strong community of people depending upon each other every day.

This country, above and beyond the VA, faces a major crisis. We do not have enough doctors, we do not have enough nurses, we do not have enough psychiatrists, we do not have enough psychologists.

This has been a very important hearing.

When people are hurting, they do not want to hear that they have to wait 2 months to see a provider.

I was very happy to support an amendment that makes telemedicine available for active military anywhere in this country.

It is incredibly difficult to talk about these issues, which we all really admire your courage and your strength for being willing to be here to share your stories with us today.

When people are hurting, they should be able to get the help they need.

I will say it again. You know, it will be billions we will be spending on what is going on in ISIS without any funding source for it.

It is unsatisfactory to hear from my colleagues here about the long wait periods that folks struggling with mental health conditions have to overcome.

We have virtually no mental health capabilities.

If you can't afford to take care of your veterans, then don't go to war.

We need a tax system which asks the billionaire class to pay its fair share of taxes and which reduces the obscene degree of wealth inequality in America.

I thank Senator Boxer not only for her remarks today but for her years and years of commitment to the environmental committee and pointing out the danger of climate change and the toxicity in our air. ____________________

I rise today to discuss the dangerous and brutal extremist organization called ISIS, the terrorist army, which in recent months has overrun vast swaths of Iraq and Syria and is a serious threat to the stability of the region, and, in fact…

I ask that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Senator Sanders pertaining to the introduction of S. 2832 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements…

thank you very much. With that, I would yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

if you talk to the people in Vermont, and I suspect in any other State in America, they will say the most serious crisis facing this country is the lack of decent-paying jobs, particularly when it comes to young Americans. This is an issue…

today, as chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I applaud my colleagues for their support and Senate passage of S. 2258, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2014. All of my colleagues on the committee…

later this week, one of the most important Senate votes in the modern history of this country will take place, and that vote will be about whether the Senate begins the process to move forward on a constitutional amendment which overturns…

What we have seen in Phoenix never happens again.

We thank all of his staff for being here as well.

You are telling us you believe you need 28,000 new medical staff?

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