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Bill Lee: “He should be. What we are doing is making veterans pay for their disabilities, which are no fault of their own. It…”

On the recordNovember 6, 2003
He should be. What we are doing is making veterans pay for their disabilities, which are no fault of their own. It should be just the reverse. We should pay them a stipend, an additional benefit, for what they have done.
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

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Discussing benefits for veterans and their disabilities.

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