Our next step cannot be to immediately renege on that pledge.

We send folks off to war, we put it on the credit card. They come back and we make excuses not to fund their benefits.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 4, strike ``handguns'' and insert ``firearms''. Strike ``handgun'' each place it appears and insert…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. Under the previous order, the joint resolution is considered read a third time. The…

We make a promise to those who serve our country to deliver for them, and if the VA is going to make good on that promise, they have to have resources to do so.

I am also concerned with House efforts to rescind $1.8 billion we already appropriated for delivering veterans' health care.

Again, I refuse to accept the premise that a grenade launcher is going to be purchased and allowed to be purchased by a former law enforcement official. That is just not realistic. It is not true, and it is very misleading to this body…

I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote start immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is on passage of the joint resolution.

the President was the one who was telling the truth.

Delivering more money for veterans is not the solution, but delivering better outcomes is.

Unfortunately, we are not in that boat. The folks here in Congress, I think, have forgot what our mission is.

Unfortunately, we are not in that boat. The folks here in Congress, I think, have forgot what our mission is.

We send folks off to war, we put it on the credit card. They come back and we make excuses not to fund their benefits.

I am also concerned with House efforts to rescind $1.8 billion we already appropriated for delivering veterans' health care.

Congress needs to take its cues from the veterans.

Our next step cannot be to immediately renege on that pledge.

I believe what he says when he says that we want to make sure that veterans' benefits and health care and programs are funded.

the Speaker said did not cut benefits, in fact, called the President a liar, when, in fact, the President was the one who was telling the truth.