Defending his actions on Sunday, Toomey said he was working on amending the bill. in a way who would not change one pennies of any expenses on any veterans program” he told CNN’s Jake Tupper. on “State of Union.”
“What I’m trying to do is change government accounting method that designed to allow our Democratic colleagues go on $400 billion in unrelated spending that has nothing to do with veterans and won’t be in veterans space,” he said.
“My surrender, honestly people admit it won’t effect on in amount of money or circumstances in which money for veterans are wasted,” he said. “What am I want doing so treat it for government accounting purposes way we’ve always dealt with it for government accounting purposes.
He added what if his amendment passes vote for check.
On the same CNN program, Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said Toomey’s delay was petty and unnecessary.
“AT terms of what happens in terms of amendments and all up here… I would say that these people have been waiting long enough. let’s just do it,” he said. “I think they should just get on with this, is vote”.
McDonough said that accounting changes what Toumi is looking for could be detrimental to the care of veterans. “I cant in good conscience to do it because the result of this will be normalization of care for veterinarians, that’s what I just Can not sign up for,” he said.
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Speaking on On ABC’s This Week, Stewart was cynical about the Republican response, saying it was purely power move.
“We’ve been through this with 11 September first defendants,” he said.
“What the Toomey Amendment wants to do is to sure that our patients and dying veterans have fun that our 9/11 first the rescuers at Ground Zero had of have to back to Washington, hat in hand riddled with Cancer, and march through the halls of pleading hill for money each year”.
