Joel Hefley: “there is an old saying in the gentleman from Texas' home State, when…”

On the recordSeptember 7, 2006

there is an old saying in the gentleman from Texas' home State, when you have struck oil, stop drilling. And you have struck oil here, and we are not objecting. Trying to take care of our veterans in the best way we possibly can is not a Democrat or a Republican thing. It is not a partisan thing. It is a thing that I think both sides of the aisle feel very, very strongly about. With that, I don't think I have any further speakers. I reserve the balance of my time, unless you are ready to wind this up.

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Joel Hefley

Republican · Colorado

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