We are looking at trying to make that broader.

We in the State of Washington are very interested in adding a Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) to the ANG.

It is really disheartening to hear the stories from our National Guard members who are coming home from deployment into a poor economy and joblessness, no health insurance, financial hardship.

We have to keep people in the Guard and Reserves. And if they go home and can't find a job, they are going to abandon us.

I find this large increase to be disturbing and want to know more about what is being done upon the servicemember's return.

We have to, I believe, work really hard to help them assimilate back into the civilian world and be productive members in our workforce.

I am introducing legislation actually right now, focused on this whole issue of employment for all of our service members.

I am very concerned about the increasing rise in Guardsmen suicides.

the soldiers need to get the service equal to the service that they have provided to this country.

Are we trying to do a better job of actually helping our guardsmen really know what jobs are back in their own communities?

today, as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, I am proud to introduce the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2011. Effective December 1, 2011, this measure directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs…

I would like to recognize the accomplishments and discoveries of investigators and scientists at the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA, who have brought about critical advances in health care delivery and medical knowledge through…

I come to the floor today to talk about the tremendous news our country received last night from President Obama. Almost 10 years ago on September 11, 2001, I too remember looking out a window in the Nation's Capitol and seeing the black…

I yield back all debate time, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on…

I yield back all time and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the concurrent…

I ask the Chair to lay before the Senate H. Con. Res. 35. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 35) directing the Clerk…

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I want to thank my colleague from California for her great statement, and the Senator from Maryland. And you will hear more of us. Frankly we are here today because we are outraged. We strongly oppose the resolution on the floor that…

I thank all of my Democratic women colleagues for coming today and speaking so passionately, as the Senator from Maryland has just done, on issues we feel so deeply about. You will be hearing from all of us because we are outraged that the…

It is old. It needs to be changed.

The high rate of unemployment for recently separated veterans is an issue that at first glance defies common sense.

S. 325, The Embedded Mental Health Providers for Reserves Act of 2011 introduced by Senators Patty Murray and Claire McCaskill...

Does Congress need to pass legislation? Does the military just need to do it? What is the barrier to that happening?

I want to see it translated into something that is not 27 percent of our veterans who are 20- to 24-years old are unemployed.

Over 27 percent of veterans ages 20 to 24 were unemployed.