[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Pages 29777-29778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FOR VETERANS

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Madam Speaker, as we listen to the politicized rhetoric 
we are hearing from the other side today, let's keep one thing in mind; 
there is no group that will stand ahead of our Nation's veterans when 
it comes time for this Congress to make Federal funding decisions.
  This Congress, after years and years of underfunding the VA, this 
Congress

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added $13 billion of increased funding to the Veterans Affairs health 
care system. It's the largest increase in the 77-year history of the VA 
health care system. We are going to send that bill to the President, 
and if he chooses to veto it, we have the opportunity to override it. I 
can guarantee you that the Democrats in this House are going to vote to 
override it.
  Madam Speaker, you tell me who is responsible if the veterans don't 
receive their funding on time.

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