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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “For veterans, it means the largest single increase in the 77-year history for veterans health care in the Veterans…”

On the recordJune 20, 2007
For veterans, it means the largest single increase in the 77-year history for veterans health care in the Veterans Administration. What that means is that the people that I serve and that you serve that are veterans who are waiting 7 and 8 months to get their health care taken care of at their local VA hospitals, they're going to get taken care of. Actions to match words, just like the gentleman from Connecticut said.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing the increase in funding for veterans health care.

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