Tommy Tuberville: “I am proud to have come from a military family. Our veterans are some of the best people in this country. Because of…”

“I am proud to have come from a military family. Our veterans are some of the best people in this country. Because of that, I am grateful to serve on the Veterans' Affairs Committee. Giving back to our veterans has been a passion my whole life. Our men and women in uniform deserve the best medical care available. I am grateful for every healthcare provider that works for and with our veterans. The mission of the VA is taken from Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address. Lincoln pledged our country to ``care for him who shall have borne the battle.'' That is what the VA is supposed to be about. But today, under the Biden administration, we see the VA increasingly--increasingly--getting distracted from that very important mission. The Biden administration increasingly has the VA involved in politics. Last year, the VA announced they would begin providing taxpayer- funded abortions--last year. This is something the VA has never, ever done. Let me repeat that. The VA has never done abortions. In fact, the VA has been prohibited by this body from performing abortions at its facilities for more than 30 years. The 102nd Congress--1991 to 1992--made taxpayer-funded abortions at VA facilities illegal. Let me repeat that. Thirty years ago, this body made taxpayer-funded abortions illegal. It is a law. They did this with the bipartisan Veterans Healthcare Act of 1992.…”