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Joe Cunningham: But I would say to my friends, the veterans have served this country, the United States of America, and all the citizens…

On the recordJune 21, 2000
But I would say to my friends, the veterans have served this country, the United States of America, and all the citizens made a promise to keep health care. Subvention is a pilot program and a Band-Aid. TRICARE, FEHBP, we are all working on those in a bipartisan way. But that promise was made by all Americans, not just a few families.
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Joe Cunningham
South Carolina

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Discussing veterans' health care and bipartisan efforts to address it.

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