House Proceeding on Sep 25th, 2009 :: 0:14:45 to 0:16:05
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James P. McGovern: maintains funding levels passed at the 2009 appropriations process levels. one of those exceptions is in the vital area of veterans health care which receives a increase in this bill. . the v.a. estimates it will treat more than 6.1 million patients in 2010, including re than 419,000 veterans of the iraq and

0:14:45 to 0:16:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: James P. McGovern

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James P. McGovern: afghanistan wars. that number represents an increase of 56,000 more patients than in 2009. to ensure that the v.a. can provide our veterans the care that they need and that they deserve, the bill increases funding for v.a. health by $3.85 billion. i would encourage all members on

0:15:08 to 0:15:29( Edit History Discussion )

James P. McGovern: both sides of the aisle who wish to provide this needed increase in veterans health care to support the bill. and to address the right ring talk radio target of the week, no funds in this bill may be provided to acorn or any of its affiliates subsidiaries or allied organizations. in terms of process, madam speaker, none of us on either

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James P. McGovern: side continuing resolutions. they have been used for years under democratic and republican majorities. but they are clearly not ideal. here in the house we have completed our work of passing all of the appropriations bills, and i want to commend chairman obey and his colleagues on the appropriations committee for their efforts and all of their

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James P. McGovern: hard work. unfortunately, it seems that these days that you need 60 votes in the senate to agree that the sun came up this morning. so the senate has not yet passed all of its bills. so this continuing resolution is