Jay Rockefeller

I just can't imagine a better choice than you.

I think the Veterans Administration--although I think it is the best hospital system in the United States of America, which most people don't give it credit for--it has so many problems still.

we are a Nation of such optimism that nobody wants to admit that... they just get depressed and they can't perform to their ordinary ability

What is clear about PTSD is that it is a debilitating condition, but if treated early, recognized and treated, it responds to that treatment.

I have urged General Shinseki to be a tough advocate for the Office of Management and Budget.

One of the great tests of who I know you to be because of what you did in terms of the Armed Services Committee and the effect that that had on the American people was magical.

one of the tragedies of the care of people, generally, in this country is the lack of understanding of mental illness

I think Senator Murray and Senator Akaka would agree with me that there were two things, and we discussed this in our conversations, two tectonic changes that occurred last year.

I am overwhelmed by the people that have been nominated for cabinet positions and confirmable positions that come to my office and their quality is just beyond belief.

I rise today to honor a giant of the Senate, my colleague and the senior Senator from West Virginia, Robert C. Byrd. Yesterday we watched a number of new Senators take an enormously important oath to serve our country and to defend our…

I am going to talk a little about the FISA amendment and the protection of civil liberties of Americans. Some people who are concerned about this bill don't recognize that there have been enormous changes made that specifically speak to…

Before laying out where this bill improves upon the Senate-passed bill--and it does--let me first restate how proud I am of our efforts in February that laid the foundation for the final action we will soon take. Our Senate bill…

as a Senator from West Virginia, I wish to pay tribute to our State on the commemoration of our admittance into the Union on this day in 1863--and to honor the nearly 2 million people who are proud to call it home. When people think of…

I rise before you today to introduce the Keeping Families Safe Act of 2008 which seeks to keep families together when a parent is in a residential substance abuse treatment facility. Numerous studies have shown the benefits of keeping…

I wish to add my voice of love, respect, and a very deep feeling of comradeship with the good Senator from Wyoming who has died--Senator Thomas. My family has been associated with Wyoming for many years. In a sense, their Senators have…

it is an interesting situation in which we find ourselves today. I guess I have to say last week was the most frustrating week I have spent in the Senate in my 24 years here. We are discussing an aviation bill which has highway provisions…

I remember those days in West Virginia when all the major airlines operating large jet aircraft served all of West Virginia's airports--jets, actual jets coming into West Virginia. Airline deregulation was a terrible mistake. It changed…

I support the Durbin position on pensions because it is part of the written law. It is not very difficult. Everybody wants their own little piece to win. I have heard almost no conversation today--and virtually none yesterday--about the…

I wish to inform the Presiding Officer of a quandary. We have in front of us a bill which would come close to rescuing the aviation industry of the United States of America. It is a bill that the aviation industry supports. It is a bill…

as I was indicating, I do not think most of our colleagues--they pick on certain subjects within aviation that are of interest that have hot buttons to them--look at the general situation of where the U.S. commercial aviation industry is…

Imagine this: gridlock in the skies; passengers delayed for hours and hours on a runway; an aging, antiquated air traffic control system just struggling to keep up with the growth of air traffic; a fight over how to pay for the billions of…

I believe it is absolutely crucial and probable, perhaps, but crucial that we have a vibrant and strong aviation industry and aviation industry discussion on the floor of the Senate. Not to put too fine a point on it, but the Nation's…

I am just interested in the fact that in this question, and in response to what the Senator previously said, my understanding was that the average VA nurse has been there for 27 years.

But then you use the example of people being attracted by higher salaries elsewhere, and, of course, we all face that, particularly those of us who are surrounded by much richer States.

That the average length of the VA nurse's stay. I have used it all over my State, so I am hoping that it is----