as chairman of the Senate Veterans Committee I want to thank of many many people for helping me ...

bring forth the legislation that we're going to be voting on this afternoon I want to thank those people of come down to the floor speak

on behalf of our veterans that includes Majority Leader Reid who has been so helpful throughout sort of his Murray Blumenthal Heinrich prior job in Berkeley Wall

seeking and Casey I suspect all of left out some I want to thank my Heuer a state the Veterans Committee Steve

Robertson Dahlia malandros Travis Murphy Catherine Manet cotton than haste Elizabeth Austin Carlos Fuentes and

valid thing a Rebecca Thomond Jason being Shonda Jackson shadow Lori and rough yelled and

or for their help on the side of and I want to thank the twenty eight co sponsors all of this important legislation I won't read

there are names they know who they are and I thank them very very much well Mister president as I have indicated earlier this

legislation is not Bernie Sanders's legislation this is legislation that by and large columns from

the hearts and souls of the veterans of this country as chairman of the committee I thought it was my

obligation to list so what the veterans of Americans there to veterans of our country was saying about

their problems and their needs and how we might go full and that's what I and others on the committee do we

look and that is the reason why this legislation is being supported by virtually every

veterans organization in the United States of America representing millions and millions and

millions of veterans and I want to thank for their support not only for their support but for their help in craft this

legislation the American Legion the veterans of foreign wars the disabled American veterans the Jewish war veterans the

Vietnam veterans of America paralyzed veterans of America the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans of America gold

so why student veterans of America the airforce sergeants association the American ex prisoners of war the

association of the United States Navy the commission officers association of U. S. public health service the

National Guard association of the U. S. you're listening association National Guard of the US the fleet reserve association the