Press Release:
Peterson: No Senate Recess Without Passing Veterans Funding Bill
Today, Congressman John E. Peterson, R-Pleasantville, issued the following statement after signing a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, urging him to make a veterans funding bill a top priority so Congress can send the President a bill before October 12, 2007.
“The Democrats’ string of broken promises to the American people, and our veterans, continues. There’s a time for politics and there’s a time for accomplishing the people’s work. But when it comes to funding our veterans, politics must be checked at the door. Unfortunately, Washington Democrats, led by Harry Reid, are trying to ‘leverage’ this critical veterans funding bill against the President for political gain. They have even called Republican efforts to pass the bill ‘cute diversions.’ No obligation, as a Congress, should be second to funding our veterans.
“Every American can be proud of the sacrifices our service members have made on behalf of each and every one of us while defending our precious gift of liberty. Across the world, as young and developing democracies mature, we can all be thankful for the freedoms we enjoy at home. Our American heroes of last generation are now joined by heroes from a new generation, who answered our nation’s call in Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. We owe them the funding that they’ve rightfully earned.
“Washington Democrats may have outdone themselves this time, reducing our brave and honorable veterans to political bargaining chips. Congress must act to uphold the promises that we’ve made to our servicemen and women. For that, I urge Senator Reid to move forward in the appropriations process and bring the veterans funding bill to a conference committee and not to recess the Senate before this is accomplished.”
The House version passed 409-2 in mid-June. The Senate passed their version 92-1 in early September.
Today, Congressman John E. Peterson, R-Pleasantville, issued the following statement after signing a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, urging him to make a veterans funding bill a top priority so Congress can send the President a bill before October 12, 2007.
“The Democrats’ string of broken promises to the American people, and our veterans, continues. There’s a time for politics and there’s a time for accomplishing the people’s work. But when it comes to funding our veterans, politics must be checked at the door. Unfortunately, Washington Democrats, led by Harry Reid, are trying to ‘leverage’ this critical veterans funding bill against the President for political gain. They have even called Republican efforts to pass the bill ‘cute diversions.’ No obligation, as a Congress, should be second to funding our veterans.
“Every American can be proud of the sacrifices our service members have made on behalf of each and every one of us while defending our precious gift of liberty. Across the world, as young and developing democracies mature, we can all be thankful for the freedoms we enjoy at home. Our American heroes of last generation are now joined by heroes from a new generation, who answered our nation’s call in Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. We owe them the funding that they’ve rightfully earned.
“Washington Democrats may have outdone themselves this time, reducing our brave and honorable veterans to political bargaining chips. Congress must act to uphold the promises that we’ve made to our servicemen and women. For that, I urge Senator Reid to move forward in the appropriations process and bring the veterans funding bill to a conference committee and not to recess the Senate before this is accomplished.”
The House version passed 409-2 in mid-June. The Senate passed their version 92-1 in early September.
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