[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15925]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE WOMEN VETERANS HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. COHEN. Madam Speaker, tonight the House passed five bills, four 
of which dealt with important veterans issues, veterans compensation, 
the Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, the Health Care Budget Reform and 
Transparency Act, and another that directs the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to include on their Web site certain information, one on 
education.
  I was a sponsor of the fifth bill that was on the calendar, the Women 
Veterans Health Care Improvement Act, with the prime sponsor being 
Representative Sandlin. I was inadvertently out of the room at the time 
of that vote. I would have voted ``yes'' for that bill. It's an 
important bill. And that's why I'm a prime sponsor of it and regret the 
fact that I missed that vote. But I think what we did tonight for 
veterans was very important.

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