Kendrick Meek: “Bingo. Veterans, I have a lot of veterans in my district. I am going to tell you right now, Mr. Ryan, they are hurting.…”

“Bingo. Veterans, I have a lot of veterans in my district. I am going to tell you right now, Mr. Ryan, they are hurting. They are hurting because they are having to wait several weeks to see the ophthalmologist or podiatrist or whatever the case may be, because there is a back-up at the veterans administration. In rural America, which I don't represent, I represent a very urban area, Dade and Broward counties, two of the most populated counties in Florida, that veterans clinic is only open two and three times a month. Veterans have to wait to go in and get what we told them we would give them, because they put their life on the line, some of their friends laid their lives down for us to salute one flag here today. But better yet, the Republican majority is still going out, putting it on a credit card, putting this country in debt that we have never seen before. But even better, yesterday, they talk about, well, we have done this in homeland security. I think you have the facts there, but because this chart was so revealing, I want to make sure, and we will make sure that we have this out next week, which I think will be our last week in session before we break for August, have this out so Members can see it. We definitely want the American people to know what is going on.”