Keith Ellison: “today we insist, we ask, the President to fund the troops by not vetoing this bill. We ask the President to sign the…”

“today we insist, we ask, the President to fund the troops by not vetoing this bill. We ask the President to sign the bill. What has been described as pork is not pork. What it is, is money for traumatic brain injury. What it is, is money for veterans who are suffering, who have serious problems and serious needs for funding. The President has received more money than he even asked for for these troops, and we insist and ask him to sign the bill so that the troops can get the money that they need. It is going to be on his desk. The funds that the President needs will be on his desk. And if the President vetoes the bill, it will be the President who denies the troops the funds that they need. The President must accept responsibility for denying the troops the help that they need, veterans the help that they need. Madam Speaker, we urge the community to understand the truth about the situation, which is that a veto is undermining the troops.”