[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 81 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H4880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                BUDGET UNDERFUNDS VETERANS' HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, this House recently passed a budget 
which woefully underfunds veterans' health care by $6.2 billion. The 
result: Many veterans will no longer be able to get health care through 
the VA system. It is a shame that we are rationing health care for our 
veterans.
  This House also passed a tax bill that takes care of the 
millionaires, but leaves thousands of children behind, even children 
whose moms and dads at this very moment are serving in Iraq. So this is 
what my Republican colleagues have done. They have taken care of the 
millionaires and they have left our veterans and our children behind. 
Shame on them.

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