John Kerry: “Sixty years ago, Franklin Roosevelt signed the GI bill. He showed us in doing so how to honor our veterans and he…”

“Sixty years ago, Franklin Roosevelt signed the GI bill. He showed us in doing so how to honor our veterans and he launched the greatest expansion of the middle class in our Nation's history. Never before has an act of legislation and the vision of and the investment by one President done so much for so many Americans. President Roosevelt said that on the day it became law, the signing of this bill 'gave emphatic notice to the men and women in our Armed Forces that the American people do not intend to let them down.' Today, throughout the day, the Senate has had an opportunity to make history in the spirit of Roosevelt and his commitment to the Greatest Generation. Senator Daschle's amendment... will end the practice of rationing health care for those who have already given so much to this country and who have had an expectation that health care will be there for them.”