Discussion · Senate
Richard Blumenthal Democrat
“I support this veterans bill, but we should not pay for it with a bad rule that hurts other veterans. Instead, we should pay for it using unspent money from another law that would otherwise go back to the Treasury.”
“Mr. President, I am going to be really charitable because I know my colleague’s heart is in the right place, and I know we share an objective here, which is to care for our veterans. And I am going to interpret that answer as his being willing to join--if it comes to pass that we have this proposed rule, that he would oppose it. I think the VSOs would oppose it. I think the veterans community would oppose it. I think the people of America would oppose it, which is why it was withdrawn under the Biden administration--because it is such a shameful, bad idea. And we should not incorporate it in a veterans bill, the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act as a means to pay for benefits to other veterans when there is no need for a pay-for. All of the good things in the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act--I support. We have a path. We have a path. Use the money from H.R. 1: unspent, unobligated, unfeasible to spend before the end of the fiscal year. It will go back into the Treasury. I think the path is clear. I hope we can come together and support it. Thank you, Mr. President.”
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Mr. President, I am going to be really charitable because I know my colleague’s heart is in the right place, and I know we share an objective here, which is to care for our veterans. And I am going to interpret that answer as his being willing to join--if it comes to pass that we have this proposed rule, that he would oppose it. I think the VSOs would oppose it. I think the veterans community would oppose it. I think the people of America would oppose it, which is why it was withdrawn under the Biden administration--because it is such a shameful, bad idea. And we should not incorporate it in a veterans bill, the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act as a means to pay for benefits to other veterans when there is no need for a pay-for. All of the good things in the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act--I support. We have a path. We have a path. Use the money from H.R. 1: unspent, unobligated, unfeasible to spend before the end of the fiscal year. It will go back into the Treasury. I think the path is clear. I hope we can come together and support it. Thank you, Mr. President.