Kendrick Meek: “I want to thank Ms. Wasserman Schultz for coming down to the floor today, as you always do, and we continue to work on…”

“I want to thank Ms. Wasserman Schultz for coming down to the floor today, as you always do, and we continue to work on these issues that are facing Americans. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important that since we are all kind of draped up in the flag this week and talking about who is a patriot and who is not, and I will not stand judgment even on my Republican colleagues, many of whom that have cast dye on some of the Members of the Democratic aisle of saying who is with the troops or who is not with the troops. I just want to say that fact, not fiction, always prevails in history and also in the future. We want to make sure, in the Republican budget, that we point out the fact that there will be a copayment for veterans. There will be a copayment of some $250 for veterans because that is what is in the Republican budget package. That is a fact. Their prescription drug costs will go up. That is a fact. So, if we want to get all draped up and teary-eyed and saying I have a tattoo, saying I support the troops more than you do. My car that I got is painted that I support the troops. It is not what you say or hear on this floor. It is about how you vote and where your dollars are as it relates to respecting the men and women that laid down their life, many of whom and those individuals that have that will never walk again to allow us to salute one flag here today. I think it is important, and I take issue with the fact because I will not let their memory be dishonored.…”