[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13625-13626]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                RESTORE BUDGET CUTS TO VETERANS PROGRAMS

  (Mr. ROSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROSS. Mr. Speaker, on the 4th of July our Nation will celebrate 
its 228th birthday. On this day, we will remember how our Founding 
Fathers dedicated their lives to honor the novel ideas of liberty, 
equality, and democracy.
  Today, our brave men and women in uniform exemplify the spirit, 
sacrifice, and commitment of the American people to securing freedom 
and democracy throughout the world, and our veterans are living 
examples of the ideals of our Founding Fathers.
  Unfortunately, there are some in Congress who actually want to cut 
funding for our veterans. House Republicans passed a budget this year 
that slashes funding for veterans health care by $1 billion, and 
President Bush's

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2006 budget is expected to include another $900 million in cuts for 
veterans health care.
  Mr. Speaker, we promised our veterans health care for life, not 
health care someday. I urge my colleagues in Congress to restore these 
cuts to our veterans programs.
  Our veterans are truly America's greatest generation, and this 
Congress should honor them.

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