Political Quotes

“I want to take a moment, since I have just followed my amendment, to thank Mr. Young and Mr. Dicks for seeing an expanded category of individuals suffering from PTSD and accepting my amendment and working with us. I want to thank Dr. Broun for his service and for his direct view of what happens to great Americans, soldiers who have sacrificed and they cannot function because of PTSD. So I am grateful for that. And the reason why I say that, Chairman Young and Ranking Member Dicks, is because many people don't realize the work that the Defense Appropriations and the Pentagon does on a number of health issues. One of them happens to be cancer. I have heard in coffee clutches or around dinner tables that cancer is an epidemic. It seems appropriate for the Defense Department, which has been at the cutting edge of technology over the years, such as the Internet--can be in the lead. So I intend to offer an amendment that I would like to discuss with Mr. Young and Mr. Dicks, but I intend to withdraw. But it is very important. This amendment would increase funding under title 6, Defense Health Programs, by $500,000 in order to fund research related to triple negative breast cancer, and will be offset by reducing the general operations and maintenance and activities at the Department of Defense.…”