Andre Carson: “I am here simply to say, help my disbelief. We have hospitals closing that were inspired and created specifically to…”

“I am here simply to say, help my disbelief. We have hospitals closing that were inspired and created specifically to accommodate health care for veterans. We have veterans in my district, if you would care to talk to some in yours, who have endured long waits just to have an opportunity to see a doctor in a VA hospital. If you really love your veterans, give up your seat in Congress to a veteran so that they can go down to the attending physician's office and go out to Walter Reed or Bethesda whenever they have a toe ache or a headache and then that would be showing your love for a veteran. In 1789, General and President George Washington, whose picture hangs on the wall here in the Chamber, said: "The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their country." We pass feel-good legislation not to desecrate the flag. We pass resolutions to support our troops. If we truly, genuinely, without hypocrisy want to support our troops, vote against the rule.”