01/13/2009
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"There is no excuse. To do this is to turn your back on individuals that are reliant on the VA partnership to provide them health care."
"I hope that my colleagues will join with me in passing this important bill so that all of our veterans and their families will be able to get the support that they need."
"I have great affection for the entire VA workforce."
"Last, I would like to touch on one other bill, S. 825, which is a bill Chairman Sanders and I introduced together that would improve VA homeless prevention programs and VA transitional housing."