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Robert Stump: “Mr. Chairman, we are offering an amendment which sets forth a simple choice in Federal funding priorities. First, it…”

On the recordMarch 15, 1995
Mr. Chairman, we are offering an amendment which sets forth a simple choice in Federal funding priorities. First, it strikes $206 million in cuts from V.A. medical care and construction accounts. Second, the amendment offsets an identical amount from the Corporation for National and Community Service. Unfortunately, the V.A. cuts included in H.R. 1158 are medical equipment purchases to the tune of $50 million, and outpatient construction projects for $156 million. Mr. Chairman, these accounts are some of the highest priorities of my committee. The Committee on Veterans' Affairs' highest priority for this year is going to be to reform eligibility standards for health care. We strongly believe that Congress should not cut funding for V.A.…
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Robert Stump
Republican · Arizona
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Discussing an amendment related to funding priorities for Veterans Affairs during a House floor debate.

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