John Drake: “this is day 66; that's 66 days so far that our veterans have not had the use of the increased funding for their benefits…”

This motion is an expansion of the GI Bill to improve educational benefits for active duty, Guard and Reserve and veterans. This motion, if enacted, increases monthly educational benefits in October of 2008, then gradual increases tied to…

Today, the national average for a gallon of gas has reached $4.07. With your average vehicle tank holding 18 gallons, that translates to $75 to fill your tank. This is on top of skyrocketing food costs and, now, increases in both our…

this is day 39. That is 39 days so far that our veterans have not had the use of the increased funding for their benefits in health care. That is $18.5 million a day not able to be used. The work on this bill has been done for months. But…

for 2 days now, this Congress has addressed a bill to provide increased unemployment benefits. The irony is what we are not talking about. We must talk about why are businesses leaving America, why are we losing these jobs. The answer is…