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Mark Souder: “Apparently, our ground rules here are: We praise the vets on Saturday and punish them on Sunday. To my friend from New…”

On the recordMarch 20, 2010
Apparently, our ground rules here are: We praise the vets on Saturday and punish them on Sunday. To my friend from New Jersey, this afternoon we did a supposed fix for TRICARE, because the Senate bill, basically, unless you're 65 and over, triples TRICARE. We did this Band-Aid thing----
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Mark Souder
Indiana
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Mar 20, 2010

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The speaker is discussing issues related to veterans' benefits and TRICARE reforms.

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