I would be happy to look this up and I will get back to the gentleman on it, because I do not want to mislead anybody on the amount of money available, and of course whatever is available is really not enough for veterans, but in trying to balance all of the demands on the taxpayer dollars, we have a great difficulty.
Discussing funding for veterans during a House floor debate.
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