[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 32019]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           FUND 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. Mr. Speaker, this is day 65. That's 65 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. But instead of moving the bill forward, the 
Democratic leadership in Congress chose to adjourn early for the 
Thanksgiving holiday.
  I'm calling on the Speaker to pass this bill, 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.
  Our veterans are heroes. We must provide all possible benefits and 
health care for our veterans now.

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