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Bill Delahunt: “When they come home, to honor them and to respect them and provide them with adequate health care coverage, and they are…”

On the recordOctober 15, 2003
When they come home, to honor them and to respect them and provide them with adequate health care coverage, and they are not receiving it now. Let me suggest, those that speak of patriotism and indulge in rhetoric about America, they are not serving America, and they, in my opinion, are unpatriotic until they come before this House with the appropriate resources to fully fund veterans health care in America.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts

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Addressing the need for adequate health care for veterans.

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