What we are talking about is an emergency. Thats what the house said overwhelmingly yesterday. On june 11, six or so weeks ago, by a vote of 933, the senate supported the sandersmccain bill, and it was funded through emergency funded as a cost of war. This bill as senator coburn indicated, is about onethird of the cost of what we voted on in the original sandersmccain bill. Mr. President , let us defeat this point of order, let us stand with the veterans of this country. Let us reform the v. A. And let us go forward. Thank you. The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Coburn ill be very quick. What our colleagues should know is over the since 2009, the v. A. Budget has increased 57. 58. 7 , a 7 increase in the number of providers and 17 in the number of veterans using those providers. The problem is not money at the v. A. The problem is management, accountability, and culture. So were going to borrow 12 billion from our children and reward the poor behavior and charge it to
The common defense securing the border cannot be prolonged more than 28 years. Number four, i will promote the general not corporate welfare. And at last when i end my oath and i say so help me god i will mean it from the bottom of my heart and i will seek to ensure the blessings which is a gift from god and we the people need to get back there of liberty which isnt big thinking or governments for ourselves and our posterity that requires us to address deficits and unfunded liabilities for the next generation but the vote is in your hands in november. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. First of all as we wrap up this evenings debate we have an audience on hand that has been very polite and very attentive. I think they want to show their appreciation to the candidate this evening. [applause] thank you very much to the candidates and panel of journalists. We want to thank our Platte High School for letting us take over the facility. Theyve bee