lap. i don t want to move past this. jeremy noted 185,000 applications already. 700,000 veterans tested for exposure to toxic chemicals. this is a landmark piece of policy for veterans and doesn t get maybe as much attention as it should. in the end they had to argue and haggle, it was a big bipartisan bill and doesn t get as much attention as it deserve. this was not that easy to get through congress. there was so many competing demands on the senate floor which is difficult why it was difficult to get senate floor time. and any one senator who cold up the legislation. that s what we saw happen in the senate. also technical snafus which delayed this for some time. not an agreement because some republican senators were concerned this was an entitlement program, it could cost the government more than it s been estimated but at the end of the day republicans under unyielding pressure who bended and allowed to it to move