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John Drake: “This is day 40. That is 40 days so far that our veterans have not had the use of the increased funding for their…”

On the recordNovember 9, 2007
This is day 40. That is 40 days so far that our veterans have not had the use of the increased funding for their benefits and health care. That is $18.5 million a day not able to be used. One thing that our veterans asked for is that we pass our bill by October 1. This work has been done for months. With Veterans Day quickly approaching, the Democratic leadership put our veterans aside to consider billions in bloated domestic spending instead of sending a clean veterans bill to the floor. I'm standing with our veterans, and I call on all Americans to contact their Representatives to tell the Democrat leadership to send a clean veterans appropriation bill to the President now.
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John Drake
New York
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Addressing the delay in funding for veterans' benefits and urging action on a veterans appropriation bill.

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