Jim Webb: “last night we had an issue involving the well-being of our veterans who I think got caught up in the give-and-take of…”

“last night we had an issue involving the well-being of our veterans who I think got caught up in the give-and-take of the debate on the health care bill, particularly the procedural aspects of it. An amendment was offered to the bill by Senator Burr, and a counteroffer was made to solve these two disparities, one regarding TRICARE and another regarding a certain section of title 38 with respect to veterans health care through unanimous consent, since one of the bills had already been voted on unanimously in the House and the other one certainly there is no real objection to. The request to pass these bills immediately, which would have made them law today, was objected to. Senator Burr's amendment also went down. I wish to say first, I don't think there is any debate in this body about the dedication that Senator Burr has to our veterans. I think that goes for all Members of this body. There is no one in this body who isn't fully dedicated to the well-being of our veterans and our Active-Duty military people as well. I think it is a shame that the procedural aspects of what we were debating overcame something that should have been a simple process.”