Senate Proceeding on Nov 16th, 2009 :: 2:48:40 to 2:53:10
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2:48:28 to 2:48:50( Edit History Discussion )

Tim Johnson: quorum call: a se the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: i ask unanimous consent that no amendments be in order to the current amendment or the presiding officer: without objection. mr. johnson: mr. president,

2:48:40 to 2:53:10( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Tim Johnson

2:48:51 to 2:49:12( Edit History Discussion )

Tim Johnson: the milcon v.a. bill before the senate today runs critically important programs for our nation's military forces and thei families, and for our vets. most of the funding was requested by the president, but certain programs were enhanced or augmented by the committee after careful consideration and

2:49:13 to 2:49:37( Edit History Discussion )

Tim Johnson: evaluation of the budget request. let me give you two examples of the funding in this bill not requested by the president that would be stripped out under the mandate of the motion to recommit. $50 million for community-based outpatient clinics for vets in

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Tim Johnson: rural areas underserved by v.a. medical centers. these lifelines for vets in rural areas who do not have ready access to a v.a. hospital. $50 million in a pending

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Tim Johnson: amendment to renovate v.a. medical campuses for homeless vets, shelters and services. an estimated 131,000 vets are homeless on any given night. secretary shinseki has made it a priority to eliminate homelessness among vets, and

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Tim Johnson: this bill supports $300 million to complete the funding requirement for the expanded homeowners assistance program for military personnel to protect military families under orders to move during the

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Tim Johnson: current mortgage crisis for disastrous losses on home sales and to shield wounded warriors and surving spouses from the financial ravages of the mortgage crisis. $7.5 million for a chapel center

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Tim Johnson: at dover air base, delaware, to replace a schapp pell built in 19 -- a chapel built in 1956. the chapel has asbestos. the roof is too unstable for maintenance personnel to walk

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Tim Johnson: on, and the kphap plan command has rated the current chaplain as the worst in the command. yet, this decrepit building works as the site w wait to view the fallen from wars in iraq and afghanistan.

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Tim Johnson: this project was not included in the president's budget request, but was added by the mr. president, these are but a few examples of the types of programs and projects funded in the bill that were not requested by the president. there are not, as the motion

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Tim Johnson: would suggest, urgent or unnecessary simply because they were not requested by the president. they are the product of careful analysis and evaluation by the committee of jurisdiction and developed with the authorizing committees. i urge my colleagues to support the committee-passed version of

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Tim Johnson: the milcon v.a. bill and reject the motion to commit it to committee. mr. president -- madam president, i yield the floor a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.