[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14962]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                VETERANS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, right now we have wounded warriors and 
veterans needing medical care, wondering whether they will receive all 
the care they're entitled to. These are men and women who have suffered 
for our Nation to keep us free and safe.
  It is a shame that last night we could not agree to fully fund 
operations for Veterans Affairs. The House passed a full Veterans 
appropriations bill in June, with a vote of 421-4. That bill was never 
taken up in the Senate.
  If we cannot have our conferees negotiate on a full bill to open back 
up the government, we will act to protect the must vulnerable.
  Today, we will again consider this bill. I hope that the dozens of my 
Democratic colleagues who supported this sensible measure last night 
will continue to stand with us. We have to make sure that we are 
serving those who served us on the field of battle. Wounded warriors 
should not be used as pawns in this political bickering.

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