Mike Michaud: “Let me from the outset, Mr. Speaker, say that I deeply appreciate the two gentlemen's comments about the concerns with…”

“Let me from the outset, Mr. Speaker, say that I deeply appreciate the two gentlemen's comments about the concerns with respect to veterans benefits. I think both sides of the aisle, Republican and Democrat, share that concern. What troubles me is the comments the two gentleman have made with respect though the Republican majority in this House as it relates to concurrent receipt. The fact of the matter is, this concept has existed since the 1860s, since just after the Civil War. The fact is, for the 40 years prior to the Republicans taking the majority of this House, my friends' party did absolutely nothing to correct the inequities, the wrongs associated with concurrent receipt that they so rightly cited.”