I come to the floor today to speak about the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act. I'm glad to say that the bill before us today contains a number of provisions intended to facilitate homeless families' access to quality child care…

I commend Senator Cantwell for her work on the Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act and will continue to push this legislation forward with our colleagues in Congress. The 70th anniversary of the world's first full-scale nuclear…

I rise today with my colleague Senator Cantwell to commemorate the Hanford B Reactor in our home State of Washington as we approach the 70th anniversary of the world's first full-scale self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. An essential…

I wish to speak in support of the Land and Water Conservation Fund and to commemorate its 50th anniversary this month. Fifty years ago, in an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote, the House and Senate passed and President Johnson signed into law…

I previously revised the allocations, aggregates, and levels pursuant to sections 114(d) and 116(c) of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013 for S. 2244, the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2014. The Senate passed S…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Women's Health Care

I have come to the floor today to talk about an important piece of the Democrats' ``fair shot'' agenda: ensuring that women across America have access to the basic and often lifesaving health care benefits guaranteed under the Affordable…

I ask unanimous consent to speak as if in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection. Fair Shot Agenda

over the last several weeks I spent a lot of time traveling across my home State of Washington hearing from workers and families about the challenges they face in today's economy. While there is no question the economy has made a lot of…

I really expect the VA to implement your recommendations quickly and to hold people accountable.

I was really deeply disturbed to read your findings about how many cases of suicide and veterans with serious mental health problems were affected by delays in care and substandard care.

That is a pretty high percentage.

Veterans receiving primary and specialty care within the Puget Sound Health Care System continue to wait longer than national averages for primary and specialty care.

Thank you very much.

I want to start by thanking the Inspector General, Richard Griffin, and the Department's Office of Inspector General for all the work that has been done to conduct this review.

This Congress, the country wants to be there for our veterans, but if we do not know what the need is accurately, we do not know what to provide.

We need to look at everything from training new clinic managers to oversight and effective intervention by medical centers and network leaders.

I believe that over the years, VA's budgets have pretty much been matched or exceeded by Congressional appropriators.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I also appreciate how Secretary McDonald has hit the ground sprinting in his new role and has taken immediate steps to get the veterans off wait lists and into care.

Veterans also need to be assigned to a regular provider, they need care coordinated across the hospital and between specialists.

There is a lot of work left to do in terms of privacy, in terms of doctors that know how to care for women.

I previously filed budgetary aggregates and committee allocations for budget years 2014 and 2015 pursuant to section 116 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Today, I am adjusting those levels. Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and…

I previously filed budgetary aggregates and committee allocations for budget years 2014 and 2015 pursuant to section 116 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. In addition, earlier today, I filed revisions to those levels for S. 2648, the…

I previously filed budgetary aggregates and committee allocations for budget years 2014 and 2015 pursuant to section 116 of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013. Today, I am adjusting those levels. Section 251 of the Balanced Budget and…