Thomas Daschle: “That would depend, of course, on what their circumstances are. If they are Medicaid eligible, they might be eligible for…”

“That would depend, of course, on what their circumstances are. If they are Medicaid eligible, they might be eligible for a small amount of assistance in health from Medicaid, but there is virtually no assistance, as the Senator knows, through Medicaid for the number of different obstacles that I described in my earlier remarks that a child faces as they have to address the many complications outside of just the health complications for which they must endure every day. There is no assistance there. So I cannot tell the Senator today how much Medicaid assistance they may be getting, how much assistance they may be getting through AFDC. That is not the issue. The issue is, what is the VA doing? And the answer to that question is zero, nothing. They cannot do anything. That is the purpose of this amendment.”