[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                QUIT PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR VETERANS

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, as all Members rise to salute our 
veterans just 5 days from now, I'm appalled that the Democratic 
majority is holding these veterans hostage by combining a bill that we 
passed in this House 5 months ago to increase funding for our veterans, 
as they pointed out in regard particularly to health care, $6 billion, 
and the President is ready to sign that bill. But, no, the Democratic 
majority wants to hold that bill and our veterans hostage so they can 
pass a bloated-up, pork-laden, Health and Human Services-Labor bill 
that increases spending over the President's request by $9 billion.
  I think this is a deplorable thing, and I have called for the end of 
it in House Resolution 786, which would change the rules of the House 
so that no House could ever combine our MilCon-Veterans Administration 
budget again with any other appropriations bill. It would have to pass 
as a stand-alone bill.
  Let's quit playing politics with our veterans.

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