Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, we are very disappointed, those of us who are veterans, and all of our veterans throughout the country, by this budget submitted by the administration and are equally disappointed and angered by the Republican budget resolution that was reported to this body. On February 26, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs reported its views and estimates to the Committee on the Budget, which they largely ignored. We called for an increase of $2.5 billion over the administration's inadequate proposal. This was not an unreasonable request. We only asked for a current services-level budget for the VA and sought to correct some of the most glaring deficiencies in the administration's budget. Instead, the Republican majority has presented us with a budget resolution that underfunds VA by at least the tune of $1.3 billion next year and endangers the delivery of services to our veterans and fails to even keep pace with inflation over 5 years.”