in six weeks, come in whatever, well, we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to $22 billion cut in veterans health care. now they dispute this. they know where their actual proposal or exclusive protection for veterans, but they say it s unusual language we use with presidents these days, they say i m lying when i say that. the truth is, why do so many veterans groups speak out in opposition to the republican proposal, they re not all democrats, they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing, anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect something. they would have written it down and say we re protecting it. you can t cut this program. you can t cut it. so he can see it. here s another example. under the republican plan, nationwide, 100,000 teachers and support staf
suicide than are being killed in battle. e phone and they call the va in their area, they need help. we ll come in in six weeks, come in, whatever. well, we ended that. we ended that. now they want to go back to the levels where we cut those folks that now provide that kind of help. this amounts to a $22 billion cut in veterans healthcare. now, they dispute this. they nowhere in their actual proposal are their exclusive protections for veterans. but they say i m it s unusual language we use with presidents these days. they say i m lying when i say that. well, the truth is, why do so many veterans groups, why have they spoken out in opposition to the republican proposal. they re not all democrats. they know what s going to happen. folks, that s a game republicans are playing. anytime you single out the impact of their overall cuts, they tell you, no, no, it s not true. but they re wrong. they want to protect thing, they would have written it down and say, we re protecting
republican opposing tax credits for businesses. that s what they re doing this time. take a look at the new york times yesterday, what they wrote. i think it was the front page. texas now is becoming one of the leading states in the nation in renewable energy. the number of wind farms they have, solar farms and hydrogen, but now the republicans want to get rid of this law and these tax credits. why do you think that is? because the fossil fuel industry wants to get rid of them, that s why. even though they re creating jobs, taking on climate change, they don t want it because it s so much more costly to go the other route. they say it costs too much. the truth is it s too schl. successful. and here s the real truth, big oil doesn t want it, and republicans are carrying their water. that s what this is all about. let me close with this. we made so much progress, but
big oil doesn t want it, and republicans are carrying their water. that s what this is all about. let me close with this. we made so much progress, but there s so much more to do. we re on the cusp of a major change. we re creating jobs again. american manufacturers are booming again. where is it written that america can t lead the world in manufacturing? towns that have been left behind are coming alive again, bring back a sense of pride. all of those chip factories, fabs i talked about, they re going to be all over america. they re not just going to be in the northeast and the west coast. they re all through central you know people who come from people like, for example, up in scranton, where i came from, where i was born and raised, where other states across the country were all of a sudden the factories that employed 600, 700 people for years shut down and
generational statement and make the turn, he has to say no. he has to stand up to big oil and show the american people that big oil doesn t get all it wants. he has to protect the aquifer. he has to keep the town of mayflower, arkansas in mind when he is making this decision. there is another thing to take under consideration in this part of the country if we look at the map. where is the next pipeline going to go? if they have the pipeline approved and the keystone comes over the aquifer, what other pipeline will be stopped in america? this would set a precedent because everybody would say, on the oil side of things, hey, we already have a pipeline going over the aquifer. as a matter of fact, they do right now. when i was in nebraska, that is the case they were making. oh, ed, don t worry about it. we have the first keystone over the aquifer. we have no problems.