Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise as the designee of the gentleman from Illinois, and I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike page 1, line 1, and all that follows through page 80, line 7, and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Health Care for Burn Pit Veterans Act''. SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS FOR CERTAIN VETERANS EXPOSED TO TOXIC SUBSTANCES. (a) In General.--Section 1710(e)(3) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in subparagraph (A)-- (A) by striking ``January 27, 2003'' and inserting ``September 11, 2001''; and (B) by striking ``five-year period'' and inserting ``ten- year period''; (2) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows: ``(B) With respect to a veteran described in paragraph (1)(D) who was discharged or released from the active military, naval, air, or space service after September 11, 2001, and before October 1, 2013, but did not enroll to receive such hospital care, medical services, or nursing home care under such paragraph pursuant to subparagraph (A) before October 1, 2022, the one-year period beginning on October 1, 2022.''; and (3) by striking subparagraph (C).…”