03/23/2010
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"I am in full agreement with the goals of providing VA a timely, predictable, and sufficient budget."
"I agree, and I think every person here understands that."
"The Congress has the ability, as we have shown every year since I have been in the U.S. Senate... if there was a shortfall they stepped in with some type of supplemental funds."
"Congress can, tomorrow, determine that we are going to do an advance budget for VA, and we have the power to do that."