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On the recordNovember 6, 2007
I would just like to express to my good friend and colleague, the chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs Committee, that I envy him the ability to say tonight that he has provided, his subcommittee bill has provided, the greatest increase in the history of veterans spending, because I was able to do that four times myself, and it is a great feeling. It is a credit to the subcommittee. I do believe that is a good bill. I think it is just really unfortunate that we had to put these two bills together and put them both at risk.
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James T. Walsh
New York
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Discussing veterans spending and the implications of combining two bills.

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