teenagers. and i happen to look at the comment section in my local newspaper and it was so ugly, so full of vicious hatred, anti-sem itism and anti-palestinian feelings and i was almost revolted to think that decent people who had excellent command of the english language were sitting there writing such horrible and hateful things about other oech and religious group and our country and its leaders. it horrified me. i knew if something terrible happened today we would all come together and put our flag pins in and say we re americans first. but it shouldn t take something terrible happening for us to realize that anger and hatred are destructive emotions. and that we in america have a lot to disagree about but a lot to be grateful for. i m going it right
of an amazing education. no matter who you are everybody gets the basic foundation so you can make anything of there. a quality of opportunity and not a result. we have base a ball and football. and soccer. not so much soccer. soccer doesn t count. from a personal standpoint is coming from where i came from which is a dark place, i was able to get back into the american scene without being seen as somebody who couldn t do it. i think that is a good point. if you rise up and fall back down, you can climb back up multiple times. i think this is the most generous in the world. this country gives to charity like no other nation in the world. plus you add our all volunteer mill father armed forces that protect our right to have flag pins.
i had amazing education. same for my child. no mattered who you are, everyby get as basic foundation so you can make anything of it. equality of opportunity, not of result. that is what i love about this country. bob, we also have baseball and football. soccer. not so much soccer. soccer doesn t count. tell you what i see from personal standpoint is, coming from where i came from a very dark place, that i was able to get back into the american scene without being seen as somebody who couldn t do it. think that is a good point. doesn t really matter where you start or if you rise up and fall back down. you can climb back up. multiple times. and i think this is most generousus country in the entire world. this country gives to charity like no othere nation in the entire world. very benevolent. you add our all-volunteer military armed forces that protect our rights to do all these things like to have flag pins and pens. flag pins.
but memorial day is coming up. we have senators coast to coast wearing flag pins. but during your course in washington, what percentage of constituent services are devoted to va, to veterans? i would assume it is a high percentage of complaints and yet little has occurred over the years to truly improve the va. why? mike, i can tell you what has happened. a dramatic increase in va activity with the disability claims coming in from iraq and afghanistan. many of the men and women who would have died on the battlefield are brought back and go through an amazing reconstructive surgery and therapy and helped to get back on their feet. more and more demands on the va system and it has not been able to rise to the challenge. it has been overwhelmed by this. congress has a responsibility here as well. we have to provide the resources for the va to do their job to keep our promise to veterans. the responsibility for this just
the rats may have done that. reporter: wow 689 how many rats did you have? don t ask. i had a dream literally two nights ago i knew the rats were in the senate. i didn t know they came to the house. reporter: what year was that from? ben franklin gave that to us. reporter: the congressional roomies take the easy route, cold cereal, they buy it in bulk. you re the raisin bran. i like the mini wheat. reporter: the fick tis residents have breakfast together, not so much here. i usually come in midnight. and we leave while he sleeps. reporter: an opening scene shows a bowl of flag pins on the center. this is what they have on their counter. screws and a random pill, and a pen in case you need one. it s modern art. it s hard to believe such prominent politicians leave in this conditions. when my wife comes, she will