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Jon Tester: I hope there is one thing this body will agree on unanimously, that we must not forget America's disabled veterans in…

On the recordFebruary 5, 2008
I hope there is one thing this body will agree on unanimously, that we must not forget America's disabled veterans in the debate. ... The bill proposed by the House and by President Bush would not give a quarter of a million disabled veterans one nickel. That is simply wrong. Under the leadership of Senator Baucus, the Senate Finance package corrects that error.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

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Addressing the need to include disabled veterans in the economic stimulus package debate.

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