fallen by the wayside for so many years. it's sad to see that over 170 republicans played partisan politics and voted no against the bill that is helping the war fighters. quite frankly, jake, they should be ashamed of themselves to ever say they support the military and veterans. it's a step in the right direction but it's not enough. we still need to get all those presumptives in there. i know this would expand care for 3.5 million veterans. but after this bill -- we fight over it, we need to expand health care for all veterans that served in the military, regardless of which area you served in. because we still have vietnam vets who are still fighting to get the benefits. they were exposed to agent orange 60 years ago. it's a long, hard fight, slog, but i am thankful that we're taking a step in the right direction. >> it's a long, bipartisan history in this country of screwing over our veterans after asking them to fight for us. the u.s. senate passed its own