On the recordMarch 14, 2006
we have just passed the Burns amendment. The Burns amendment is a 12.2-percent increase for veterans, the largest increase in the history of this Government for veterans. All incoming veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan are paid for. All veterans of current service needs, both disability and service related, are paid for. This is a doubling of the veterans budget every 5 years on the amendment we just voted for. There is a fundamental question to be asked: How much is enough? This Congress, this Senate just now was generous, and appropriately so, to America's veterans. I urge a ``no'' vote on the Akaka amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 3007. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 46, nays 54, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No.…
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