I will take a minute or two, if I could. As I was saying, General Keane came before our committee and said that he had been to Walter Reed and he met there a young soldier who had lost his eyesight and lost a limb, badly injured. You may have heard this story. He said, ``We cannot put that soldier back in the Army. We would love to do it, and he would love to come back because he has been a good troop. But I tell you what we can do,'' he said, ``we can give him a mentor to help him every step of the way. We can see that he can learn to read braille. We can help him get a college education. We can reintegrate him into civil society again, into the civilian society again.'' But it will cost money to do all of those things. That money is not in this bill. We put $50 million in there so that Jack Keane's vision can become a reality. Good provision. There are a number of other provisions in there. There is one in particular that I would like to mention, Mr. Chairman, and that is small business loans for Reservists.
John Spratt: “I will take a minute or two, if I could. As I was saying, General Keane came before our committee and said that he had…”
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Discussing support for injured soldiers and small business loans for Reservists.
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