[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30591]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  LEAVE POLITICS OF DISRESPECT BEHIND

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, it is a rare opportunity to rise in 
support of commonsense decisions coming out of the other body, so it 
gives me great pleasure to rise in full support of the majority's 
decision on the other side of this Capitol to separate the Labor-HHS 
approps bill from legislation that funds our military installations and 
veterans health care. I certainly hope the majority on this side is 
paying attention.
  While the other body has said ``no'' to politicizing veterans health 
care, ``no'' to putting the security of our military installations at 
risk, and ``no'' to budget-busting pork, it appears that the majority 
on this side is, well, a little tone deaf.
  So, Madam Speaker, our veterans and men and women in uniform deserve 
better. They deserve quick action from the leadership in this House to 
pass a clean veterans bill and provide the funds they need. Let's leave 
the politics of disrespect behind. Let's pass a clean veterans bill.

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