Roy Blunt: “the House passed the Military Construction- Veterans bill on June 15, over 140 days ago. The Senate passed a bill on…”

“the House passed the Military Construction- Veterans bill on June 15, over 140 days ago. The Senate passed a bill on September 6, sent it over to the House, and immediately appointed conferees. The minority appointed their conferees. But up to now, we have never had conferees appointed on this bill, which means this bill that the President has announced he would sign could have become law before October 1. It means that military families, veterans, and retirees could be receiving the benefits of up to $18.5 million every single day since October 1. This tactic of holding veterans funding hostage creates a dangerous precedent. What controversial, unrelated policies could go on this bill in the future? Madam Speaker, let's stop this practice today before it starts.”