Andre Carson: “I respect very much the gentleman's argument in terms of the amendment that I offered, and I realize that on its face it…”

“I respect very much the gentleman's argument in terms of the amendment that I offered, and I realize that on its face it does probably raise red herrings in terms of what I am doing; that I may be taking away medical benefits from veterans in favor of the Inspector General. But as I indicated in my opening remarks, Mr. Chairman, this amendment is cost effective and it will allow the expansion of Inspectors General to generate more money for the Veterans Administration. I would like to suggest, Mr. Chairman, that we engage in further dialogue with the chairman of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs and see if we cannot work out this situation in terms of advancing the idea that I have here in terms of trying to help the Veterans Administration.”