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Bill Delahunt: “Mr. Speaker, what I wanted to conclude with was this observation, and I direct it to my colleagues on both sides of the…”

On the recordMarch 26, 2003
Mr. Speaker, what I wanted to conclude with was this observation, and I direct it to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle: if we are unable to work out in the course of our consideration of the supplemental budget full funding for all veterans services, then it is time for the veterans in this country to take action. Many of us have read in our history books that there was a march on Washington in the early 1930s. It is time for the veterans organizations and for the American people to march again.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts
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Addressing the need for full funding for veterans services during a discussion on the supplemental budget.

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