[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H3677-H3678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          VETERAN HEALTH CARE

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, approximately 150,000 veterans 
live in Nebraska, many of whom live in my Third District. I am grateful 
for their sacrifice and certainly honored to represent them here in the 
United States House of Representatives.
  I rise today to expression extreme disappointment, but also some 
gratitude for a policy that was made and then rescinded. I am grateful 
it was rescinded because it would cause a great burden for our veterans 
who have served us so admirably with sacrifice when they would have to 
go through the private sector health insurance rather than the VA.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise again to express my gratitude because our 
veterans deserve better than that. They shouldn't be burdened with such 
a bureaucratic

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process. They need a streamlined process so they can experience their 
health care in a more effective manner.

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