Jay Rockefeller: “I think you are a superb General of that VA, and I just want to say that.”

If confirmed, I pledge to consider all relevant facts and public comments in the docket.

I come today with a spirit of reflection and optimism about our future. I am also compelled towards an honest assessment of where we are as a body--of the promise of what we can achieve when we don't shy away from compromise and what we…

We simply cannot afford to take this major step backwards and jeopardize the future of generations by allowing CHIP to expire.

We are talking about dealing with everything from continuing resolutions, all of the appropriations, what are we going to do about ISIS, and all the rest of it, in a lame duck session forum.