Congressman Filner

[Berta]

http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/nf082208-6.htm

"House Vets'

Chair says reintroduced bill will cover "all veterans"

exposed to Agent Orange "anywhere" and "at any time."

[MikeR]

They need to pass this quick.

[LarryJ]

When it comes up for a vote in Congress (and, hopefully, the Senate) I want to see the Yays and Nays. We need to hold our elected representative's feet to the fire on this one. Unlike many other bills that are passed, this one should be a slam dunk.....I mean, lookit, there should be NO corporate resistance, nor resistance from any other political entity. It should sail through.

May G-d Bless Bob Filner.

[jan]

Spoke to a lady in DC today and she said they are going to have to re-file this. This is TYPICAL beauracy from Washington.

[jbasser]

When it comes up for a vote in Congress (and, hopefully, the Senate) I want to see the Yays and Nays. We need to hold our elected representative's feet to the fire on this one. Unlike many other bills that are passed, this one should be a slam dunk.....I mean, lookit, there should be NO corporate resistance, nor resistance from any other political entity. It should sail through.

May G-d Bless Bob Filner.

You have got that right. Lets hold them to the wall on this one.

This injustice has been ongoing for way too long. The more Blue water sailors die from AO relarted illnesses the more urgent this becomes.

J

[vet4800]

This is the one I just put a post on. The new bill number is HR 2254. The press release is dated May 8th, 2009. I pray the information I am getting is correct. Let your congressmen know they need to vote for this.

[akwidow]

here is a competing bill - correct me please if I am wrong -

Thank you for contacting me about H.R. 1016, the Veterans Health Care

Budget Reform and Transparency Act. I am grateful for the service of

America's veterans and support them in any way that I can. I appreciate

hearing from you on this important issue.

H.R. 1016 would allow Congress to pass advanced appropriations for the

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Advanced appropriations are

necessary for the VA to have sufficient time to plan and evaluate the

upcoming year's budget. This bill would provide funding for the VA a

year in advance, allowing VA hospitals and other VA facilities to better

prepare for the upcoming year and better provide care to our veterans.

For this reason, I am a cosponsor of H.R. 1016. In the past, I have

signed several letters to the House and Senate leadership urging them to

pass this bill as quickly as possible. Quick action is needed because

the President and Congress have been unable to pass the VA budget on

time once in the past ten years, costing veterans hundreds of millions

of dollars in funding and putting unnecessary burdens on the VA system.

Even when the budget was passed on time, however, it still did not

provide the necessary time for the VA leadership to properly plan how to

use that funding. This bill will alleviate many of the burdens put on

the VA by the short time line they are given to work with, allowing them

to provide more efficient care and better use of taxpayer's dollars.

H.R. 1016 has been referred to the House Committee on

Veterans' Affairs. While I am not a member of that committee, as a

cosponsor, I will continue to do everything in my power to see that this

bill is passed.

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