Bob Filner: “I have heard stories like the gentleman's all over the country, I say to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barr), about…”

“I have heard stories like the gentleman's all over the country, I say to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Barr), about the needs of various districts and our veterans. They are real. I am glad that the gentleman is fighting for them. We had a series of amendments yesterday that would have put the money in that would have allowed us to take care of that. The illogic of the position that is being argued by folks on the gentleman's side is that we have these needs but we are not going to put the money in to meet them. So I sympathize with the gentleman and I voted to get the gentleman the money to have that outpatient clinic, but nobody on the gentleman's side voted for the amendments that would have allowed that. So I do not understand how the gentleman can ask the chairman to take care of his needs and then not vote for the positions that would give the money to do that.”