Tim Walberg actually said...

But I also think about the 59-year-old woman in Jackson, Michigan, who calls my office in tears, a single mother...

It is time for us to stand together and ask the Senate and the President to show leadership and negotiate to a solution.

The fact that veterans may not get benefits because we are holding our breath right now in Congress is pretty disgusting to me.

So in other words there was a lot of flexibility that credits could still be claimed years down the road.