Jay Rockefeller: “I hope all of my colleagues understand that by voting for the Domenici amendment--which I hope they will not--they will…”

“I hope all of my colleagues understand that by voting for the Domenici amendment--which I hope they will not--they will simply completely reverse the vote which they have just made and wipe it all out. That will seem strange, I think, to veterans. This is an up-or-down vote on veterans and their disability benefits. A 1-year study, in the humble opinion of the junior Senator from West Virginia, is a farce, because it is going to be made by exactly the same three groups that came up with the $10.5 billion cut out of the veterans account to put the money into highways. I doubt that they are going to be any different next year, because they will need the money. They will have to go get the money in the next year. This cuts veterans. A 'no' vote is what I would ask of my colleagues.”