[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Pages 31401-31402]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FUNDING OUR VETERANS

  (Mrs. DRAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DRAKE. Madam Speaker, this is day 45, that is, 45 days so far 
that our veterans have not had the use of the increased funding for 
their benefits and health care. That's $18.5 million a day not able to 
be used.
  This bill has been done for months and the President has already 
agreed to sign it. Now Veterans Day has come and gone, and the Democrat 
leadership continues to delay this bill.
  I am calling on the Speaker to not adjourn for Thanksgiving until 
this bill has been sent to the President. And I call on all Americans 
to contact their Representatives and tell the Democratic leadership to 
send a clean Veterans appropriation bill to the President now.
  How can we celebrate a holiday with our families, knowing that there 
are benefits our veterans don't have access to simply because of our 
inaction.

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