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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act |
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| of 2005 was introduced in the United States Senate as S.331 on |
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| February 9, 2005, and in the United States House of |
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| Representatives as H.R.515 on February 2, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, S.331 and H.R.515 require the Secretary of the |
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| Treasury to make available to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
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| assured amounts of moneys for the use of the Veterans Health |
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| Administration; and
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| WHEREAS, In June of 2005, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
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| acknowledged that the VA had at least a $1 billion shortfall in |
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| veterans' health care; and
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| WHEREAS, Funding for veterans' health care is important to |
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| provide those who have served their country in the armed forces |
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| with proper health care, especially in a time of armed |
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| conflict; the passage of S.331 or H.R.515 will show those who |
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| are in the military and those who are considering serving that |
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| the federal government will provide necessary benefits; and
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| WHEREAS, The Department of Veterans Affairs must be ready |
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| to meet the needs of our newest veterans and continue to care |
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| for veterans who have served our nation in the past; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we urge Congress to pass the Assured Funding for
Veterans |
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| Health Care Act of 2005 to ensure that our troops are able to |
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| obtain adequate health care; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, the |