On the recordNovember 6, 2007
Veterans are a number one issue in the State of Kansas. We found it just appalling how shameful the lack of funding for our veterans had become. When I came to this Congress, I can't tell you how pleased I was that we put $5.2 billion of emergency spending into our veterans funding, and a lot of that came right into the good hospitals of Kansas. That $5.2 billion of emergency funding was also called ``pork.'' How somebody could call funding our veterans ``pork'' was just beyond me. Today, we are making a historic investment in our veteran care. I am hoping that we can come together across the aisle in a bipartisan manner and stand up for our veterans and insist that our President sign this bill and start to take care of our veterans as they should have been.
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