Harold Volkmer: “I don't know if I can say the exact words, but to me it is strictly a slap in the face to veterans. And these are the…”

“I don't know if I can say the exact words, but to me it is strictly a slap in the face to veterans. And these are the people, as depicted in these pictures and elsewhere, that with bullets flying around them were willing to give their life, and some of them gave their limbs, some of them gave their ability to even function so that we could stand here and speak today. Yet the majority is saying, ``Too bad. We don't care about you. We are going to give you a good slap in the face and tell you, you go take care of yourself.'' They are telling my veterans that were willing to sacrifice their life for the good of this country, willing to do that, they are telling them it is all right for them to have to spend 8, 10, 12 hours a day just to see a doctor, and that the majority says they do not deserve good medical care. I say the opposite. I say that our veterans, that is a priority. They need to have the medical care that not only we should give them but that we promised them.”