with the support of Senator Marshall, for which we are immensely thankful.

One of the things I think about the PACT Act that I appreciate is its attempt at trying to provide some fairness to veterans.

I am committed to protecting and prioritizing support for veterans in the ongoing budget talks.

I have serious concerns with proposals out of the House to gut the fund.

The intent of the supplemental was to support urgent time-limited needs, kind of one time or one period of time circumstances, not to create an artificial increasing of the VA's budget.

We need to find a way that gets us in a position in which every other bill is not handicapped by the score of CBO.

So the problems, or the lack of accounting of the money from COVID, which you are now trying to address by bringing it to the Central Office, that is not anything that would suggest the same problem will occur for the money in the fund for…

The intent of the supplemental was to support urgent time-limited needs, kind of one time or one period of time circumstances, not to create an artificial increasing of the VA's budget.

I understand that the VA plans to track expenditures from the Toxic Exposure Fund to ensure they are justified.

I am happy when I hear compliments that good things are happening.

One of the things I think about the PACT Act that I appreciate is its attempt at trying to provide some fairness to veterans.

We need to find a way that gets us in a position in which every other bill is not handicapped by the score of CBO.

I ask unanimous consent that Brian Hutchison, a fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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I understand that the VA plans to track expenditures from the Toxic Exposure Fund to ensure they are justified.

with the support of Senator Marshall, for which we are immensely thankful.

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