House Proceeding on Jul 27th, 2009 :: 0:03:45 to 0:08:30
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Bob Filner: administered by the secretary of veterans' affairs relating to insurance and health care, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from california, mr. mill fer, -- filner, and the gentleman from florida, mr. stearns, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california. mr. filner: i thank the speaker and i yield myself such time as

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Speech By: Bob Filner

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Bob Filner: i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. filner: i rise in strong bill, the veterans' insurance and health care improvements act of 3219 -- of h.r. 3219. this important legislation was assembled with the help of many members of the house committee on veterans' affairs, without whose efforts this bill would not have been poss and i'm surprised to see my

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Bob Filner: friend, mr. stearns, managing the bill. having just railed against nationalization of health care, which is not what the obama plan has. but then he's a great of the veterans' health system, which i think may come under his definition. so i'm pleased tt

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Bob Filner: so strongly the veterans' system which is nationalized care, but i wish he would support mr. obama's health care plan, which has nothing to do with nationalization. but i want to recognize and applaud the outstanding effort of especially two dynamic members from the committee w sponsored major insurance provisions in the bill under

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Bob Filner: consideration. mrs. halvorson from illinois sponsored the families of veterans financial securities act, h.r. 2774, which has become section 101 of this bill. and mrs. kirkpatrick of arizona sponsored the veterans and service members accelerated benefit option equity act of 2009, h.r. 2988, which is now

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Bob Filner: section 103 of this bill. these measures represent commonsense yet critical insurance provisions intended to ensure that our veterans, service members and their families who have receives the full measure of the benefits offered. all of the provisions would give veterans and service members greater flexibility in

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Bob Filner: their insurance choices and a greater peace of mind. additionally, the cong budget office reports that none of the bills would increase federal direct spending for veterans insuran programs, and i want to applaud also the chairman of our disability assistance subcommittee, mr. hall of new york, for his leadership on these measures. the legislation further

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Bob Filner: provides for a wide variety of health care improvements in recognition of veterans who have sacrificed so much for the safety and freedom of the nation it enhances the lives of the nation's veterans from world war ii to the current conflicts. other to the health care provisions of the bill. i want to thank them for their efforts.

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Bob Filner: for example, mr. mitchell of arizona, who wrote h.r. the medal of honor health care equity act o higher priority of medical services for veterans who are recipients of the medal of honor. another provision by mr. hare of illinois, h.r. 1302, would establish a position of

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Bob Filner: director of physician assistant services within the office of the undersecretary of veterans' for health. illinois also sponsored h.r 1335, which would prohibit the secretary of veterans' affairs from collecting certain co-payments from veterans who are and have income above the means

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Bob Filner: tested level. mr. mcnerney from california sponsored h.r. 1546, the caring for veterans with brain injury act, and th has been incorporated which to establish a committee of veterans with traumatic brain injury to assess the v.a.'s ability to treat and rehabilitate veterans with t.b.i., that is traumatic brain

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Bob Filner: injury, and to provide recommendations on to how more effectively treat these veterans. mr. nye of virginia introduced h.r. 2926, which was incorporated into the bill to provide hospital care, medical services and nursing home care for certain vietnam era veterans exposed to herbicides

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Bob Filner: and also veterans of the gulf war. mr. buyer would have establish a compensation fund for all civilian groups who are given veteran status under the g.i. improvement act of 1977 and that is also in the bill. and finally, we have a bill introduced by mr. teague of new mexico, to waive the housing loan fee for certain veterans

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Bob Filner: with certain service-connecteded disabilities called to service within this bill. so i want to thank all the members of this committee who have worked so hard to put together the important