[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   DEMOCRATIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF VETERANS AND 
                                SOLDIERS

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, this Democratic Congress has a strong 
record of delivering on our promise to the American people and 
providing real and meaningful change. And we have done so in a fiscally 
responsible way, instituting pay-as-you-go, deficit reduction 
discipline.
  One area where we have made real progress for the American people is 
by supporting the men and women who serve our Nation in the Armed 
Forces. Under Democratic control, this House provided substantially 
more than the President requested for the new M- RAP vehicles proven to 
save lives in Iraq. We voted to give our troops a pay raise that the 
President called ``unnecessary.'' We strengthened military health care 
with the Wounded Warriors Act to clean up the inadequate care of 
wounded soldiers at Walter Reed and other facilities. And the 
Democratic House voted to provide the largest increase in funding for 
VA health care in the history of this country.
  Mr. Speaker, these investments that support our veterans and troops 
overseas are just a few examples of how our Democratic Congress is 
taking America in a new direction.

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