every Veterans Day and every Memorial Day many of us, regardless of our political views, go out into our communities and we speak about our respect and admiration for the veterans of this country. As chairman of the Senate Committee on…

a report on the treatment and services available from the Department of Veterans Affairs for male veterans who experience military sexual trauma compared to such treatment and services available to female veterans who experience military…

I rise in full support of the legislation on the floor. I think most Members understand, as part of the 2013 bipartisan budget agreement, language was included which cut COLAs for military retirees. I think most Members here in the Senate…

today I wish to speak in strong support of the nomination of Sloan Gibson to serve as Deputy Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs. Before I speak about Mr. Gibson's qualifications, I believe it is important that my colleagues…

I rise today to commend the Vermonters who will be representing the United States in the Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. Vermont has a long tradition of excellence in winter sports that we owe partly to our State's cold climate and…

I would wonder if any of my conservative friends would cosponsor with me legislation to repeal Price-Anderson.

the people of a given State... have a right to have a place at the table

imagine having a hulking mass in southern Vermont deteriorating for 60 years

the people of Vermont would respectfully disagree with you. Many of them have wanted to shut that plant down for a very long period of time

the role of the State itself in terms of the decommissioning process... the States do not have any significant role

Without Price-Anderson, it is quite likely the nuclear industry in America would collapse tomorrow.

Do you agree that States have a strong interest in how their nuclear plants are decommissioned?

I happen to think that unless there is some extraordinary circumstance, votes should be made public.

Do you agree that it is fair and reasonable for the host State to have a real seat... during the decommissioning process?

I think your rules right now are not satisfactory. I think you do not give enough input... to the people of the States.

I would hope... that we will change the rules as they are currently constituted.

Reducing the harmful effects of sequestration cuts should be a top priority to ensure the Nation's security and military readiness.

The Association believes that retired benefits and pay have been earned through 20 or more years of arduous military service.

FRA supports an amendment to repeal the COLA cut for all retirees under age 62.

The budget agreement goes outside the so-called 'regular order' and bypassed this distinguished committee.

today as the chairman of the committee I have introduced the most comprehensive piece of veterans legislation that we have seen in a very long time. The Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefit and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act…

as chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, I take a moment to thank all the members of that committee for their hard work over the last year. At a time when there is obviously an enormous amount of divisiveness and partisanship…

That is a huge point.

The top 1 percent in America owns more wealth than the bottom-- that the top 1 percent owns 38 percent of the wealth in this country.

We have got to limit the size of the big banks so that they do not do what they have already done to the American middle class and the poor.