Array BEING ASKED TO EXPLAIN THEIR REALLY — I MEAN, HONESTLY, JAKE, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I’VE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE FOR YEARS. I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS. AND IT’S NOT, AS I WAS SAYING IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I’M USED TO LIES, I’M USED TO HYPOCRISY, I’M USED TO THEIR COWARDICE, I’M NOT USED TO THE CRUELTY, THE CASUAL CRUELTY OF PASSING A BILL THEY HAD FOUGHT FOR, FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. AND LOOK, THERE ARE VIETNAM VETERANS ON THIS BILL. THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE THE ’60s AND ’70s, PEOPLE THAT FOUGHT FOR US, PEOPLE THAT SAY WE SUPPORT THE TRUTH. TO PASS THAT BILL FOR THEM, TO GIVE THEM THAT MOMENT OF EXHALE — BY THE WAY, THEIR TRIAL ISN’T OVER. THAT JUST MEANS THEIR FAMILY WILL GET THE BENEFITS, THEY MIGHT WON’T HAVE TO DECIDE BETWEEN CHEMO AND THEIR CAR. A LOT OF THESE GUYS, THEY TELL ME THEY LIVE SCAN-TO-SCAN. THEY LIVE IN THREE-MONTH INCREMENTS. THESE GUYS ARE, DON’T WORRY, THIS IS PROCEDURAL. IT’S A PROTEST AGAINST AN AMENDMENT. IT’S MANDATORY VERSUS DISCRETIONARY. IT’S ALL OF THESE NONSENSICAL REASONS TO DELAY AND DENY, WHEN THEY PASSED THE EXACT SAME BILL ON JUNE 16th. NOTHING’S CHANGED. >> SO PAT TOOMEY, THE REPUBLICAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, HE SAYS IT’S HIS AMENDMENT. >> IT SHOULD SAY PATRIOT PAT TOOMEY. THAT’S HIS GIVEN MONIKER. >> SO HIS AMENDMENT IS THE ONE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS ALL HELD UP OVER HE SAYS — HIS AMENDMENT ADDRESSES HOW THIS $400 BILLION CAN BE SPENT. HE SAYS AS IT’S UNRELATED, THE MONEY CAN BE USED FOR THINGS NOT FOR VETERANS. >> THAT’S NONSENSE. THE V.A. SECRETARY STILL HAS TO GO IN EVERY YEAR AND EXPLAIN THE APPROPRIATION AND THE USE. AND THE SPENDING OF THE MONEY IS RELATED TO THE BILL. IT’S NOT A SLUSH FUND. BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SLUSH FUNDS, IF SENATOR TOOMEY WANTS TO EXPLAIN HIS FISCAL CONSERVATISM, WHY IT IS THAT HE VOTED, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE VOTE FOR WHAT’S CALLED THE OCO, A $70 BILLION FUND THAT GOES ON TOP OF THE $600 BILLION OR $700 BILLION THAT THE PENTAGON ALREADY GETS. AND IT’S UNACCOUNTABLE. THERE ARE NO GUARD RAILS. IT TRULY CAN BE SPENT ON PRETTY MUCH WHATEVER THEY WANT TO SPEND IT ON IT. TOOMEY’S NEVER RAISED A PEEP ABOUT IT. NEVER RAISED HIS HAND. HE’S NEVER OBJECTED. HE’S NEVER HELD UP THE DEFENSE BILL BECAUSE OF IT. AND THE FUND IS THE HIT RAL DEFINITION OF A SLUSH FUND. ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT VOTED TO DENY THE VETERANS AND THE HEALTH CARE THEY’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR, FOR 15 YEARS, VOTED FOR THIS SLUSH FUND. SO THEY’RE LYING. A, YOU CAN’T JUST SPEND THIS MONEY ON WHATEVER YOU WANT TO. AND B, WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN BILLIONS IN EX-PENDABLE MONEY THAT THEY CAN SPEND WHATEVER THEY WANT TO, THEY VOTE FOR IT. >> THE CONGRESSWOMAN SLOTKIN, WHEN I ASKED HER ABOUT THIS, SHE SAID, IT’S ODD HOW NOBODY HAS ANY OBJECTION AND HOW MUCH MONEY WE SPEND ON GOING TO WAR. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO TAKING CARE OF THE PEOPLE WHO WAGE THESE WARS — >> TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. RICK SCOTT, SENATOR, SAID GLAD TO BE HERE AT THE VSO TO HONOR THEIR SERVICE. AND THEN AN HOUR LATER WENT ON THE FLOOR AND DENIED THOSE VETERANS HEALTH CARE AND BENEFITS. LIKE, THE HYPOCRISY IS SO GALLING. BUT THEN YOU GET TO A PLACE WHERE I’M AT RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS HOW DO YOU SHAME THE SHAMELESS? WHAT WILL GET THROUGH TO THEM THE STORIES THAT YOU HEARD ARE HEARTBREAKING. A GENTLEMAN TOLD ME OF SOMEONE WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE, ROSY’S HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO TAKE HIS OWN LIFE BASED ON HIS DESPERATION WITH THIS SYSTEM AND PROCESS OF BEING DENIED CARE. AND THESE GUYS, THEY ACT LIKE OH, DON’T WORRY. MAYBE WE’LL GET TO IT NOW OR IN THE LAME DUCK SESSION. SOME OF THESE FOLKS WON’T BE AROUND. THEY LIVE SCAN TO SCAN. SO THEY CAN PRETEND TO BE ON SENATE TIME, BUT THESE OTHER FOLKS ARE ON HUMAN TIME. AND THAT TIME IS PRECIOUS. YOU KNOW, SENATE TIME, THESE GUYS ALL LIVE TO BE 200 YEARS OLD. THEY NEVER LOSE THEIR JOBS, ALWAYS GET THEIR HEALTH CARE. NOTHING MATTERS Video source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8cA4BFkf_E
