Political Quotes

“It puzzles me. I do not understand why the President and the leadership in this House do not just solve this problem. It is so easy for them to ask for $87 billion for Iraq; it should be a no-brainer, quite frankly. They should decide tomorrow that they are going to add this $1.8 billion. If we had an additional $1.8 billion in the VA budget, we would not have to increase co-payments on drugs. We would not have to impose an enrollment fee. We would not have to exclude priority 8 veterans from care. We would not have to do any of these things if we had sufficient funding for VA health care. How can those who are so willing to boast of their support for our military be so callous, so unfeeling when it comes to the men and the women who have fought our past wars, who have borne the battle and who are now in need? It just puzzles me that why is it so easy to ask for $87 billion on top of the $65 billion that has already been appropriated, and yet they nickel and dime the veterans and refuse to add the $1.8 billion.”