[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 171 (Tuesday, November 6, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H12749-H12750]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               CALLING FOR A CLEAN VETERANS FUNDING BILL

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, 2 months ago today, our colleagues in the 
other body passed this very important bill designed to provide 
assistance to our veterans. And here we are 2 months later, and there 
is a desperate need to ensure that our Nation's veterans have exactly 
what they deserve.
  Yesterday afternoon I followed the example of our colleague, the 
gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young), and

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his wife, Beverly, who regularly go out and visit our wounded troops, 
and I went out to the Walter Reed Army Hospital. I had the opportunity 
to see a number of these courageous men who have sacrificed and have 
been wounded. And I couldn't help but think of it, as I came back and 
went to the Rules Committee last night and saw this attempt being made, 
which they have done, to tie the Labor, Health and Human Services 
appropriations bill to the Veterans bill, as nothing but pure politics 
which undermine the ability for us to get what these brave men and 
women who have fought on behalf of the cause of freedom need.
  This is wrong. We have got to end it right now. Bring a clean bill to 
this floor.

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