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Lindsey Graham: “They do, and when they come back home because of what we did last year they get health care for 6 months. But after that…”

On the recordJune 2, 2004
They do, and when they come back home because of what we did last year they get health care for 6 months. But after that 6 months, 25 percent of them go back into the civilian world where they have no health care, zero. That is not right. That is not like every other Federal employee who is part-time. That is not right and we cannot afford to let that continue to happen because we are going to be needing these men and women more than ever. Their families are stressed. This is a chance to spend a little bit of money on people who are giving everything, including their lives and their limbs.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Addressing health care benefits for veterans returning to civilian life.

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