[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 22]
[House]
[Page 30827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     HONORING OUR VETERANS AND CALLING FOR A VETERANS FUNDING BILL

  (Mr. WELDON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELDON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor our 
veterans.
  This Sunday is Veterans Day. As a veteran myself and the son of a 
combat-wounded veteran, I believe it is very, very important that we as 
a nation take time and honor those who have served in our armed 
services.
  It is a fact that we all understand that freedom comes at a price and 
that it is those who put on the uniform and serve that preserve freedom 
for us and so many others around the world.
  It's unfortunate that I have to rise as well and express my concern 
over our failure to move a veterans bill through this body to fund the 
Department of Veterans Affairs. Thanksgiving is less than 2 weeks ago, 
and as a physician who volunteers his time in a veterans clinic in his 
congressional district, I can say that I know that we can put our 
partisan differences behind us, put them aside, and we can come 
together and finally pass a veterans funding bill. I regret that we 
have not been able to do that today so late in the year right before 
Veterans Day.
  Let's see if we can get that work done next week.

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