Amended. Without objection. Mr. Bilirakis i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bilirakis i rise today in support of h. R. 3705, the veterans fair debt notice act of 2017 introduced by representative pingree of maine. This bill would help ensure that beneficiaries who have received an overpayment from v. A. Clearly under v. A. s current practice, when the department determines that a beneficiary may have received an overpayment, it sends a letter to the beneficiary that explains why the debt was created and how the veteran can dispute or mitigate the debt. But if v. A. Doesnt have the veterans current address, the veteran may miss important dead linals. For example, if the beneficiary intends to request a full waiver of their debt, but does not request that waiver within 30 days of the date of the letter, v. A. May take action to withhold benefits until the waiver request is adjudicated. Sounds confusing, it certainly is. We
Helped the program to pursue deadbeat dads. And her idea of daycare sometimes meant i got to spend the day wandering the halls or tagging along behind the police officers. She taught me that headlines are fleeting, courage lasts. My dad taught me that success in life is has very little to do with success. Wed me, is a great virtue. He showed me, too, that there are few places closer to god than walking in the wilderness or wading a trout stream. Even if it is an awfully long drive home with the family dog after he encounters a skunk. [laughter] to my grandparents, as a boy i could ride my book to their homes. They were a huge influence. My moms father, poor and irish, worked to help support his family as a boy after losing his own dad. But the nuns made sure he got an education, and he became a doctor. Even after he passed away, i heard stories for years from grateful patients who recalled him kneeling by their bedsides so they might pray together. His wife, my grandmother, grew up on
Cspan two. S on the sunday morning we want to turn our attention to politics and the latest recordings released late last week by the showing donald, trump supposedly talking about being his own publicist as the miller. M john do these recordings matter . We will let you know in just a moment. In onand comments, coming the line for democrats. 202 also, share your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan, or send us a tweet, http twitter. Com cspanwj. More on these recordings is Available Online. Quoting laura ingram, a conservative regular truck talk show host says the media is treating this like its watergate. It doesnt matter, he told chris wallace, questioning whether or not it matters at all. It is stupid, but this is going to heres a portion is released by the Washington Post, last week. Host donald trump claims that that is not his voice. We will hear from him and in his interview from friday, John Cassaday is writing about it this morning. This is the headline a trumpf characte
Mans search for a better life ended in tragedy the European Union leaders are gathering in the lithuanian capital vilnius at this hour for a two day summit to discuss ties with Eastern European countries. Ukrainian president e r coalition is also to the vendor is expected to be donated by his sudden decision to scrap plans for closer integration with the European Union. Now arriving in vilnius the german cast on a limb ankles said she was willing to resume talks with ukraine and that the door was still open for kiev to sign the eu trade. But she also said she had no hope that the deal would be sealed. At this stop meanwhile ukraine pro european groups continue to protest against the governments decision ukraines Opposition Leader Vitali Klitschko to tell dr that the eu summit the pulpit to yanukovich of staging the ukrainian president klitschko also a champion also been at the eu commissioner and coolangatta coverage to sign the proposed pact with the eu. We want to leave. Wed still be
Impact of the agreement. Turning to the release of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl. The Obama Administration tonight seems to be reeling from the political and media blow back against the president s release of 5 deadly radical islamist terrorists in irk change for one in exchange for one soldier. Taliban today released this video, this hand off of Sergeant Bowe bergdahl to u. S. Special forces in one example of a administration in disarray, state department would not verify or acknowledge that these imthinks are actually images are that of bergdahl. He is state Department Spokesperson marie harp haplessly responding to Media Questions about bergdahl and the video. I think i probably refer you to statement by my colleague at pentagon. Admiral kirky, said were aware of the video. Lou while his fellow platoon members have accused bergdahl of dessertsing, fox news confirming that bergdahl had walked off his post more than 1 before his capture by the taliban. His form theer platoon members claim nu