Robert C. Byrd: “Merely rubbing elbows with a white child will not equip a black child to grow up as a breadwinner for a family.”

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.