House Proceeding 06-23-09 on Jun 23rd, 2009 :: 0:42:30 to 0:47:25
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Bob Filner: i think helped the bill also. with that u yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from arkansas back the balance of his time. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1016, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection.

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Speech By: Bob Filner

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Bob Filner: mr. filner: mr. speaker, i think as we approach the july 4 holiday, this is an appropriate way to say thank you to our nation's veterans. as i said earlier, this is one of the most significant steps if not a revolutionary step taken for veterans and the budgeting process. this will assure that one of the largest health systems in the world if not the largest

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Bob Filner: will have in fact funding available on time and in the need that is required for our nation's veterans. so i urge my colleagues to unanimously support this bill, h.r. 1016, as amended. my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california yields back the balance of his time.

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Bob Filner: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1016, as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the o 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules -- the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. thompson: thank you. mr. speaker, while i suppo the purpose of this bill, i object to the vote on the

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Bob Filner: grounds a quorum is not present and make a point of order a quorum is not present. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20 and the chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this motion will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. filner: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass

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Bob Filner: the bill h.r. 1211 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 1211, a bill to amend title 38 united states code to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in operation enduring freedom, and operation iraqi freedom from the department of veterans affairs, and for other purposes.

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Bob Filner: . the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. filner and the gentleman from arkansas, mr. will control 20 minutes. the gentleman from california. mr. filner: i yield myself such time as i might consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized.

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Bob Filner: mr. filner: this is a critically important piece of legislation that improves the resources available for women veterans through the department of it will be explained in greater detail by ms. herseth sandlin, and for her steadfast commitment to helping women veterans.

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Bob Filner: we have a round table at o full committee which we had representatives and women's veterans from all around the country. it was a searing kind of testimony which revealed serious weaknesses in the culture of the v.a. the v.a. health care, after all, was built to accommodate the war-related illnesses and

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Bob Filner: injuries of male veterans. the increased percentage of fema occurring and especially with the war in iraq and afghanistan s led many veterans, women veterans, to say that we need some changes. women walk through the lobbies

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Bob Filner: of v.a. hospitals and are given cat calls. they are not -- there are not sufficient women doctors available for the women veterans who want them. the male doctors don't seem, yet, to have the respect for the sacrifice of women veterans. there's one woman who testified -- who had an amputation of one

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Bob Filner: arm from combat. when she showed up at the doctor's office, he just assumed it was lost from something else like cancer. he didn't even think this could be a combat-related injury. we can go on and on. but we need to change the culture and change the behavior and change the resources available.

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Bob Filner: that's what this bill by ms. herseth sandlin starts to do. there are about 1.8 million women veterans today to, or 7% of the nearly 24 million veterans we serve. assuming that the current enrollments remain the same, the number of female veterans who use the v.a. system will double in the next five years, making female veterans o of

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Bob Filner: the fastest growing subgroups of veterans. in this environmen demographics, h.r. 1211 has the