[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[House]
[Page 32181]
[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. Madam Speaker, this is day 66; that's 66 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 continues to postpone this bill. So 
far, only one of 12 appropriation bills have been passed and signed 
into law. Why? Our veterans are heroes. There are few things more 
important than ensuring that this Congress provide all possible 
benefits and health care for our veterans.
  I'm calling on the Speaker to move this bill forward. 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 deserve it.

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