House Proceeding 04-06-06 on Apr 6th, 2006 :: 2:26:54 to 2:27:59
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Speech By: Jo Bonner

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Jo Bonner: minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. edwards. the chairman: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. edwards: when mr. nussle talked about the v.a. budget line, when he didn't

2:26:54 to 2:27:12( Edit History Discussion )

Chet Edwards: do is tell the full story. the full story is if you take out the mandatory spending in that v.a. budget level, what you end up with is going from v.a. discretionary spending, which covers

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Speech By: Chet Edwards

2:27:12 to 2:27:25( Edit History Discussion )

Chet Edwards: v.a. health care from $36.9 billion in 2007 to $34.4 billion in 2011. that's just not a cut after inflation, that's a cut before you take into account inflation. so the bottom line is that this

2:27:25 to 2:27:43( Edit History Discussion )

Chet Edwards: budget, as proposed, will require a massive cut in v.a. medical services during a time of war. that's not right for our veterans, and you can show all the charts he wants to about the past,

2:27:43 to 2:27:51( Edit History Discussion )

Chet Edwards: but he knows that you take out the mandatory spending, you're cutting v.a. discretionary spending. and to try to hide that fact is creative at best and dishonest at worst. the chairman: the

2:27:51 to 2:27:59( Edit History Discussion )

Chet Edwards: gentleman from iowa. mr. nussle: yes. at this time i would yield two minutes to the gentleman from indiana and a member of the committee. the chairman: the gentleman from indiana is recognized

2:27:59 to 2:28:08( Edit History Discussion )

Chris Chocola: for two minutes. mr. chocola: thank you, mr. chairman. and i'd like to thank the chairman for yielding and thank him for his leadership and his service here in congress in bringing this

2:27:59 to 2:30:08( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Chris Chocola