Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2016

Floor Speech

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Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, this amendment helps to keep faith
with our veterans and to make sure we leave no veteran behind by
reflecting and responding to their voices and the message they have
given us about the need for more and better health care relating to
post-traumatic stress, treatment for military sexual trauma, and an
improvement in the delivery of health care for them around the country.

It also improves the job training and rehabilitation programs for our
veterans and makes sure, among other provisions, there is greater
accountability and more funds and support for the inspector general of
the VA so we can avoid the kinds of gaps and egregious shortcomings we
have seen in this past year and also improve the Choice Program this
Congress passed.

I urge my colleagues to join me in this bipartisan amendment.

I thank Senator Moran and Senator Baldwin for their support and
cosponsorship and urge that we keep faith with our Nation's heroes and
leave no veteran behind.

I yield the floor.

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