Joe Cunningham: “the rush is that World War II veterans, the average age is 72 years of age. They are not going to be around. The…”

“the rush is that World War II veterans, the average age is 72 years of age. They are not going to be around. The Thomas-Stump bill I applaud for what they are trying to do. We are both trying to do the same thing to help veterans. But the Moran bill, the original Moran-Bond bill was limited, it only had two sites. The Thornberry-Watts-Cunningham bill put in $1.5 billion to a full program. That is what we need to do. This is a compromise between the 2 bills. Subvention does not give them enough care; it is a Band-Aid. They do not have access to TriCare. But I ask my colleagues to support this, and I look forward to working with the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) because he is trying to do the same thing we are.”