Harry Reid: “This compromise only affects up to 15,000 veterans. But having said that, 15,000 people deserve it as much as anyone…”

“This compromise only affects up to 15,000 veterans. But having said that, 15,000 people deserve it as much as anyone deserves anything in the world. They are going to get help. That says a lot. There are hundreds of thousands of other people which the original legislation would have helped. I congratulate the President for easing off on his statement that he was going to veto this legislation if there was anything in it for concurrent receipt. I appreciate the President backing off. I wish he would have allowed us to have everything. He didn't. But I take what we have gotten, and I am happy we have what we have. I say to those 15,000 veterans that I introduced the first legislation. But this has been a team effort. We have worked very hard to get to this point. It is a large step forward. I say for the third time this will help 15,000 people, most of whom are Korean and World War II veterans--and a sizable number of Vietnam veterans also, of course. But it is for mostly World War II veterans. I am so happy. I wish we had more.”