Steve Pearce: “40 years ago I won the lottery. That was the draft lottery and I was able to serve in Vietnam because I did win that. An…”

“40 years ago I won the lottery. That was the draft lottery and I was able to serve in Vietnam because I did win that. An entire generation of young men and women did the same; yet today the majority is playing games with our veterans, who sacrificed so much back then. Today marks the 37th day past the fiscal year that Congress has failed to pass veterans funding. We are losing $18.5 million a day. I hold two copies that I will insert into the Record. These letters were signed by 89 Members and asked the Speaker and majority leader in the Senate to put aside partisan gamesmanship and bring a stand-alone veterans bill to the floor. Since I wrote these letters, weeks have passed, a fiscal year has run out, and our veterans are still waiting on us to finalize a bill to provide the funding for their benefit. Madam Speaker, it is time for us to do our job. Let's fulfill the promises we made to our veterans. Let's remember those who have served honorably, and let's treat them honorably.”