Political Quotes

“growing up, one thing I learned from my father, a veteran of the Second World War, was that when you shake hands and make a promise with someone, you stick to it. This might seem a little old-fashioned, but it is a value I will never forget. Our servicemen and women enlist in the Armed Forces with a simple understanding. To their country they pledge their youth, their dedication, and if need be, their lives. In return, their country promises that veterans will have some basic needs provided for when they leave active service. The Clinton-Gore administration has broken this promise to our Nation's veterans. The administration's budget neglects our veterans' health care needs. The VA faces cost increases of more than $1 billion, and a shortfall of more than $100 million in medical insurance collections. In other words, our veterans are shortchanged by $1 billion under the President's budget. If we add those costs up with the Clinton-Gore proposal, do we know what that amounts to? Disaster. Our veterans deserve better. That is why I support the largest increase in history for VA medical care over the administration's budget request. The majority's $1 billion increase over the Clinton-Gore budget for veterans will head off predicted closures of needed VA facilities. This is our promise to veterans, and we are going to keep it.”