Duty as a congress, and certainly our duty as a part of this committee to make sure hat that check we figuratively wrote to those veterans never comes back marked insufficient funds. And to make sure that that check, the benefits of that check dont come back redeemed in a delayed fashion. So we have done what is necessary to make sure that they get their benefits, that he they get them in a timely manner, that the claims backlog is eliminated, and that we facilitate whatever it takes to make sure that they are rewarded for their service to our country because the price of freedom, it is not free. Somebody had to pay that price. And the people who paid the price are the men and women who served our nation in uniform and are our veterans and families who also sacrificed as the Service Members wept to war. With that i yield back the balance of my time, and i urge the adoption of this bill and ask my colleagues to support it. The chair the gentleman from georgia yields back his time. The g
<p>LAKE REGION KIWANIS: will meet on Sept. 21 at 6 p.m. Clyde’s Cozy Corner Café, 195 S. Lawrence Blvd. in Keystone Heights.</p>
<p>CLAY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE: will meet on Sept. 21 at 10 a.m. at the BCC Meeting Room, fourth floor, at Administration Building, 477 Houston St. in Green Cove Springs.</p>
<p>FLORIDA REP. BOBBY PAYNE: will hold office hours on Sept. 21 from 9 a.m.-noon at Keystone Heights City Hall, 555 S. Lawrence Blvd. For more information, call Tammy Still at (352) 732-1244 or email her at <a href="mailto:tammy.still@myfloridahouse.gov">tammy.still@myfloridahouse.gov</a>.</p>