the house now voting and a suspension bill bill debated earlier that would allow individuals who served or currently serve in the military or military support services and you've also been deployed at least one hundred eighty days outside the us to request the consumer credit reporting agency to include an explanation in their credit report is there any negative items in the report one more vote after this one and the associated press reporting today that protesters staged a waterboarding outside the justice department calling for a senate committee to reject attorney general nominee michael mukasey because of his reluctance to define the interrogation tactic as torture the demonstration came shortly before senator ben cardin democrat from maryland said he would oppose president bush met with the turkish prime minister today they talked about the conflict between turkey and kurdish guerillas in northern iraq president bush also answer questions about the situation in pakistan as this vote continues  mr prime minister welcome back to the oval office as usual we had a very constructive conversation turkey is a strategic partner and strong ally of   we have talked about how we can work together prime minister not set up a tripartite arrangement for his number two man in the military to stay in touch with our number two man it was a very important conference that help the people of iraq realize the blessings of liberty would undermine democracy this is the last vote of the night on a resolution recognizing native american veterans a quick rundown that we will some of what we expect in the house this week legislation that would ban employers from discriminating against employees based on sexual orientation that includes an amendment that would extend protections for transgendered people a vote on that expected this week perhaps as early as tomorrow also a vote on a parade route peru trade deal a scheduled this week and a possible attempt to override president bush's veto the water projects bill and the house will vote tomorrow on a resolution congratulating nicolas sarkozy on his election as president of france president sarkozy will arrive in washington tomorrow meet with the president and mrs bush then have dinner at the white house and on wednesday the french president will speak before a joint meeting of congress our live coverage will start here on c span around eleven a m eastern time now more on pakistan and president bush is turning the pressure up on remarks this weekend we've seen a crisis unfold in pakistan its ongoing crisis which has become much more difficult for a leader that the ministrations consider a partner in the fight against terrorism extremism has taken steps to reverse course away from out t marketing and he suspended fundamental human rights in the process i've had great hope for pakistan turned actual and i took a trip to that part of the world right after took power and we were impressed with him we came back to the united states the state department had told president clinton he should go to pakistan he was over we headed for india and we prevailed on him to go to pakistan i'm glad that the president got to pakistan president clinton but things haven't worked out the way that i'd hoped is unfolding crisis must be watched very carefully and we must be prepared to respond to protect our security and our national interests i hope th all sides will show restraint sharpness keep the promise he made when sara national i met with him and when he took power almost eight years ago to pakistan back on a path toward democracy so i call upon course in iraq we've been so focused on iraq mr president we've had the situation develop in israel with the palestinians i was stunned this morning to hear the secretary of state on the news say this is our first meeting of the one who is going to take place in annapolis and i didn't really think he should boast about for seven years this administration basically ignored the crisis we've had in the middle east we have advanced situation iran that we have north no diplomacy only threats of war we have this intractable civil war in iraq that's ongoing which is now made more complicated a result of what's going on in northern iraq with the kurds we have not focused on our diplomacy look what's happened in pakistan because we place all over emphasis on a person rather than on a country by staying so bogged down in iraq civil war president bush has made it harder to respond to the pakistani problem and other challenges throughout the world iraq war leaves secretary rice and falun other officials responsible the middle east  southeast and south asia with no strategic reserve to respond to humanitarian other crisis situations reminded that while the administration menfolks on iraq has failed to craft an effective strategy for eliminating but a recent national intelligence estimate described as an al qaeda safe haven the afghan pakistan border region and has failed to catch osama bin laden or his number two now lardy so today i also call upon president bush to conduct next expedited end and review of the national security strategy as it relates to the warrant here and pakistan and including a review of u s aid to pakistan and how we are going to get our troops out of iraq i hope present bush will take a good look at the cost missed opportunities caused by his stay the course approach and rack take steps to craft a more effective strategy addressing the threats and challenges america faces across the globe generalized before the house the following personal request mr yarmuth of kentucky for today mr speaker there's a new immigration law in effect and even federal judges refused to stop it on november first it became a felony to knowingly harbor and hide illegals and it's against the law to give illegals driver's licenses or give them public benefits local police may apparently okies are frustrated with too few results from federal enforcement broke so they pass their own state law on immigration and good for them hopefully other states will follow of course non citizen groups and to give america a white crowd sued oklahoman federal court and they lost early results of the law indicate illegals are leaving oklahoma some even go back to their own countries as it ought to be they are getting the message come to america the legal way or don't come at all and that's just the way it is for america's opposition to the recent string of trade pacts that benefited the wealthiest few at the expense of hard working americans a recent poll revealed that six in ten republicans think free trade has been bad for the u s and that's just republicans the american public is tired of waiting for this administration to get it and to start negotiating fair and smart trade deals that can benefit the little guy as well as the corporate fat cat the american public is impatient and frankly my fair trade can create economic opportunities for everyone big business and working families alike at home and abroad fair trade can advance our economy without jeopardizing good jobs and encourage development without ravaging our environment some say that the peru f p a is better than what we've had in the past i join the american people and saying it's not good enough join me in standing up for american families i urge my colleagues to vote no on the peru free trade agreement and i yield back mr speaker i ask unanimous consent that today following legislative business and any special orders heretofore entered into the following members may be permit permitted to address the house revise and extend their marks and include their and extraneous material mr poe november ninth and twelve for five minutes each mr burton today and nov sixth seventh eighth and ninth five minutes each mr jones nov ninth and twelve five minutes each mr flake november six five minutes mr english november eighth five minutes mr walberg today five minutes mr at or hold today five minutes mr salley today five minutes mr lamb born to day five minutes consent that today following legislative business and any special orders here to there for into when to the following members may be permitted to address the house for five minutes to revise and extend their remarks new include under the speaker's announced policy of january eighteenth two thousand and under approved order of the house the following members are recognized for f the written word of god as we anticipate the upcoming celebration the week of november eighteenth through twenty fifth in fact this book the number one best seller of all time the book is known as a book of encouragement a book of enlightenment and a book  encouragement when i think about what the bible has meant to me i remember some of the great verses from the old testament such as joshua one nine to be strong and courageous do not be terrified do not be discouraged for the lord god will be with you wherever you go in someone eighteen thirteen to fifteen says i was pushed back in about the fall but the lord has helped me the lord is my strength and my song he has become my salvation and then someone thirty eight which my favorite psalm one thirty nine it says the lord will accomplish that which concerns me your love the lord endures forever and we think in this day when so many people are discouraged i know as we celebrate national bible week that the bible has been a word of encouragement that i've experienced and i know many others have in addition to encouragement is a word of enlightenment someone night team says your ward is a lamp into my feet and a light into my path the unfolding of your word gives light it gives understanding to the simple and as many of my friends back home in north korea on and my favorite old testament verses from proverbs twenty nine eighteen that says where there is no vision the people perish and i think that's a great challenge to us as leaders in this country to have vision for where we want to take our country and what we want to do and how we want to solve the problems in fact this verse where there is no vision the people perish is inscribed in our own science committee room in the rayburn house office building in addition twenty two that we should be doers of the word and not hearers only the bible allows us to see ourselves through its many stories and parables and prophecies and teachings it also shows the flaws and frailties that we all share in common in humanity but also shows the fellowship both human and divine that calls for throws values that so often we look for in our society today values of forgiveness of faithfulness and of fulfillment in becoming all that we know we can become i'm grateful that we take time in this country to celebrate the national week of the bible coming up the week of november eighteenth through twenty fifth and that we would take time tonight to celebrate not only the historical importance but the personal importance that this great book the bestseller of all time has for people literally the world over with that you nicolas sarkozy on his election to the presidency of france and also welcome here him to washington d c as he had dresses a joint meeting of this congress own wednesday this week i look forward to hearing his remarks in this chamber this past may mr speaker nicholas our cozy became the twenty third president of france his election has assured a new and welcome error and positive relations between france and the united states the history of friendship between these two countries the united states and france runs deep and it runs wide since the american revolution we have shared a deep commitment to freedom and independence both of our countries have perhaps one of the best early demonstrations of france's commitment to our shared heritage of freedom is the example of general mark aid the lofty if general lafayette a young frenchman who believes so passionately in the calls of freedom and liberty for all individuals that he left his homeland of france and he came to join the american colonies in their fight for independence against great britain it was general lafayette who persuaded the french to help americans in their fight for freedom and independence from great britain he served courageously under the command of general george washington george washington and his portrait both hanging in this hall tonight general lafayette is the only non american portrait in the entire capitol building and he's the only other portrait beside general washington and this house chamber there is a reason for that both of them general washington and his friend lafayette were committed to liberty for all the american people will always be grateful to the commitment of general lafayette in the people of france throughout our pursuit for freedom and democracy through the american revolution and the american revolution was successful because of their help in the same way mr speaker we are hopeful that the election of presidents  friendship that bind our two countries and our long heritage together so on the eve of the election pres it's arcos he said that american friends can rely on france's friendship france will always be next to them when they need us are hopeful mr speaker that in the midst of many challenging international crisis most notably the threat of nuclear ran on the global war on terrorism that france will remain an ally committed to world peace and democracy for all and continue to pursue freedom for all peoples throughout the world and place to be the sponsor of legislation house arrest three seventy nine which honors president sarkozy and his appearance before congress and i look forward to his continued friendship and alliance between not only him and the united states but the people  national bible week national bible week is the national bible social action signature event which is celebrated the week of thanksgiving before every year since  god must admit that i was not always an ardent bible reader i was always in and around the church but  so many of us who belong to church i was in the church but church wasn't in me mr speaker i came to this congress dr d james kennedy and mr speaker i found my evenings alone my wife and my family back in chicago and somehow i in my interests in terms of the words recorded in god's living book licious mr speaker i must say that i have been renewed as a man by the renewing of my mind according to the dictates in the spirit this incorporated in the reading the bible i am a changed man i am a new man i don't have the same free as i used to have i don't walk the same way i don't talk the same way this bible because it didn't speak to my activism and then the holy spirit spoke to me through my conversations and through my interest in reading the bible  mr speaker i came across a scripture that really moved me to as a matter of fact one is taken from the old testament six six days of what shall i come before the lord and by myself before the high god shall come before him with burnt offerings with where the lord be pleased with thousands around ten thousand rivers of all shall i give my first born for my transgression the fruit of my body for the scent of my soul the lord asses here showing your man what is all that i had to attempted to be my activism my love for humanity and my love for the lord mr speaker look for and for the spirit of the lord is upon me because he has annoyed me to preach the gospel to the poor he sent me to heal the broken hearted to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind of the spirit that is within me the holy spirit that is in with me i call all good citizens christians and non christians alike doing this weekend every week of the year pick up your bible without objection gemma's recognized for five minutes the speaker thank you very much and i appreciate the testimony and words of spoken by the gentleman from illinois i rise tonight to speak to congratulate ross and mariana beach and the mariana kister beach museum of art on the occasion of the museum's grand reopening located in manhattan on the campus of kansas state university to beach museum of art has become a cherished cultural center in the foothills of my home state over the years the museum has nearly tripled the number of their works of art and has enhanced the lives of thousands of patrons were originally opening on october sixteenth one thousand nine hundred six the museum offers a wide array of services to the area while continually adding to the collection of regionally inspired art museum contributors of also made educational programs lectures tours and workshops available the new fifteen thousand square foot edition of the mary and morgan jarvis wing is evidence of the museum's continuing success and benefit believing in art appreciation and education the beach museum is poised to contribute to the culture in kansas for generations to come the impact of the museum has on kansas is immeasurable located on the campus of a nationally ranked university and in close proximity to fort riley the beach museums serve a highly diverse population students along with military personnel and their families come from all over the globe to live work and learn this oftentimes short term community is always pleased to discover an art museum of such fine quality to the efforts of kansas state university president dr john we called him his wife ruth and the museum has gain national notoriety mrs we falls leadership on the museum's advisory board has proven to be a major factor in the museum's rapid growth and expansion the university the city of manhattan in the state of kansas has benefited tremendously from the  gratitude is owed for their commitment their committed devotion to the museum and museum director lauren rayner render is to be commended for guiding the museum into the twenty first century through war and service to the arts the beach museum continues to offer exhibits and programs that enhance the quality of life of all kansans in fact many americans as a museum continues to contribute to the appreciation of the arts appreciation should be extended to lauren for the music for the museum and the museum's knowledgeable staff good museum would not have been possible but for the generous philanthropic ideals exhibited by the lead donors ross and mariana beach the mariana kistler beach museum of art was named by mr beach for his wife  commemoration of their fiftieth wedding anniversary mr mrs beecher longtime donors of talent and treasure to the state of kansas their commitment to the art extend beyond the beach museum in manhattan they were instrumental in establishing the beach schmidt performing arts center on the campus of forte state university in my home town of hayes kansas the center has been providing a venue for plays speeches debates and concerts for more than twenty years the beaches commitment to the arts extends across the state and that and  appreciated by kansans from all walks of life my wife and i are proud to serve on the museum's board of visitors we have witnessed first hand the results of ross and mariana beach and their attainment it is certain that the beach legacy will be experienced by thousands of people for generations to come but speaker i asked the house to join me in acknowledging the mariana kister beach museum of art along with ross and mariana kistler beach for their contributions to our society kansas is proud to have the museum for enlightment and enjoyment yes mr speaker i rise to request five minutes without objection you recognize for five minutes the gentle lady from kansas miscible thank you mr speaker last weekend i spoke on a panel about civics and civility at kansas state university and during the question and answer time a teacher stood up and asked me a question she said do you know of any book that might be like a checklist that i could share be a checklist on teaching my kids civics and civility and i thought for a minute and i said as a matter of fact i do and i'm holding it right here in my hand mr speaker it is the bible this particular copy was my mother's bible and it's the one that i was sworn in last january so it has it has a great deal of meaning to me the lessons in the bible are truly a checklist for decent living in matthew twenty two when the disciples ask what are the what's the greatest commandment it's to love our god with all of our heart and soul and mind and the second is likened to it to love thy neighbor as thyself and then he says on these paying all the laws and the pro love thy neighbor as myself very clear judge not lest ye be judged the bible has all the wisdom that we need to bring our country together and that's why i'm glad the house is pausing tonight to recognize the start of national bible week faith has an important role to play in the lives of all americans it's a role that may be more important today in these dangerous and complicated and complicated times than ever before and it's a role that we yes we as public servants have to defend just last month the architect of the capitol refused to fulfill a citizens request for a flag certificate that referred to devotion to god just last week the national cemetery administration banned the flag folding ceremony used veterans funerals because of references to god let's be clear neither mentioning god in a flag certificate nor speaking of god in a funeral ceremony poses any threat to the separation of church and state not only is speaking about religion permitted by the constitution it's a right that's protected by the first amendment thankfully both of these bans have been reversed and not a moment too soon as we begin national bible week i hope that all of my colleagues and citizens across america will pause to recognize the full of dave the role that faith plays in all of our lives and to reflect on the lessons of the bible it's our guide book it's our guidebook to civics and civility as well it's our how to guide for public service everything we need is right here folks it's right here between these two covers i yield back without objection jim is recognized for five minutes and i thank you mr speaker i look at the time about thirteen years ago exactly at this moment that i was standing at the altar saying i do to the love of my life so i i must begin by wishing a happy a thirteenth anniversary to my the most beautiful woman in the world of all respect to those ladies that are here present you know i guess every marriage has obviously some high points and some disappointments  and the other reason for me coming to the floor is to actually speak about the disappointment that i have with the white house particularly with its veto of h r four hundred ninety five the water resources development act often referred to as word of  this veto if i must say so was ill advised and i expect will be overridden by this house tomorrow in the senate in the coming days knowledge that the president during the veto message mentioned that when the word of bill left the house it was about fifteen billion dollars the senate's version was at fourteen billion and that the final version of the water resources bill was somewhere around twenty three billion and yet certainly the white house understands that the bill that left the house had different priorities emphasized different projects were being considered by the senate and as such when the conference was convened those bills had to be combined and the president in his veto message said in essence quote i fully support funding for water resources projects in quote respectfully i must point out that the president's budget each year woefully underfunded the army corps of engineers budget in my view the operations and maintenance budget and then the white house went on with his veto message to say quote my administration has repeatedly urged congress to authorize only those projects that provide a high return on investment well i share the white house's belief that taxpayers do deserve a dollar's worth of services for every dollar they remit in taxes but just looking at water resource projects in terms of dollars and cents is what caused us to only have category three levees in new orleans and we have seen how shortsighted that decision was and in fact i would suggest that over the last twenty five years every dollar that the corps has invested in flood control has been returned six fold in potential damages that have been averted a word a bill is not been passed by congress in seven years communities around this nation are now in desperate need for projects such as levees and protective coastal wetlands more over in the past seven years our water borne transportation infrastructure has continued to crumble there are one hundred ninety two active locks on navigable waterways in this nation the average age sixty  president by his veto is choosing to ignore these needs possibly harming the lives and certainly the livelihoods of millions of people in this country one of the most important projects for the missouri illinois delegations is the much needed modernization of the five locks on the upper mississippi river into on the illinois waterway this is something that we helped author back in the one hundred eighth congress and certainly i've not all it's my good friends and supporters of this the gentleman from iowa mr boswell the dynamic duo from illinois mr costello mr shimkus on our side of the aisle and also chairman oberstar and ranking member baker have been instrumental in bringing this project to fruition look these locks are vital to farmers and manufacturers and many other industries in missouri and illinois and minnesota wisconsin these locks on the mississippi and illinois reverse the sill a take the movement of one hundred million tons of cargo every year and while almost fifty percent half of this cargo is agricultural now the river also transports asphalt for road construction coal for electricity in fact did you know that every gallon of jet fuel that's used at o'hare and midway airports chicago is transported on our navigable waterways the shipment of these products via the river saves the american public between eight hundred million and one point two billion dollars over other modes of transportation and certainly i would suggest that while not every farmer in the region uses the river to ship crops all growers are impacted by it every day that the price of grain a farmer receives at his home market is based on the price of grain moving on the mississippi river to export markets the lower the cost of transportation here within our own borders the lower the cost of u s grain is on the world market the more grain the united states is able to sell to our foreign trading partners as some in this chamber know i have a personal experience shipping on the river i grew up in the shadow of the levees along the mississippi and southeast missouri alok modernization i can assure you will ensure that farmers in in missouri iowa illinois minnesota west consonant elsewhere continue to have the same benefit that my family had growing up on our family's farm the ability of ship crops to international markets via the most cost effective method and many of these locks unfortunately are being held together put baling wire and duct tape our senior senator senator bond is fond of saying that these locks belong in the national historic register of his national register of historic places he's actually mistaken they're already on the national register of historic places and so i urge this house to override the president's  because before leaving home down in south carolina this morning i went to dedicate a water project in a part of my state  where they have a real problem with potable water and extensive health problems as well doing that ceremony it was asked of me what hebrews the eleventh chapter i call that the faith chapter the bible and i quote it hebrew eleven one faith the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things unseen come down tonight and to join in this special order commemorating the bible doing national bible week when i was growing up my father who was  verse now it would be a little difficult to do that without reading the bible he'd make sure that we didn't do the same one twice and i did he set down the rule he took jesus wept off the table and so night before retiring to bed we had to share with our parents or one of them some current events and he would often have ways  f showing us how that particular event that we may have shared was grounded in the good book and so long before i became house majority whip assume the leadership of the democrats faith working group and for the last three years now mr speaker it has been my great joy to work with the members of our caucus trying ask all of my colleagues to just take a look at my favorite book of the bible the book of james got nothing to do with my name though that would not be a bad thing to do but it's a very short book but it tells us a whole bag a lot about our responsibility there in the second chapter of james we all instruct that if your brother or sister comes to you hungry and neck is not enough to tell them to go and faith you feed them and you clothe them that's what this congress is all about this congress is about doing those things that are necessary to make sure that  appropriations for the department of labor health and human services and education and related agencies when the fiscal year ending september thirty thousand eight and present purposes ordered printed gentleman from michigan recognize the families thank you mr speaker i rise to offer a few thoughts as regarding the importance of national bible week as well and it's been thrilling to hear my colleagues from both sides of the aisle refer to the importance of scripture especially encouraging to hear the things representative from illinois  rush who represents the district i was born in and i appreciate the sincerity of your message this evening as a pastor in a previous life myself i can unequivocally say that the bible is deeply influenced my life every day in every way sadly i haven't followed it every day in every way but when it has been followed it has influenced to the good the bible is  bestselling book of all time it's a book that has touched countless numbers of lives along with being the main influence many decisions have been made by the billion most importantly and most personally my life and my faith in my savior in one thousand nine hundred eighty a group of business and professional leaders got together and founded the nonprofit independent educational national bible association their goal was to encourage americans to read the bible in every sector of society regardless of religious or political distinction every year since one thousand nine hundred forty one the national bible association has sponsored national bible week as a time to remind us  the importance of the bible in our daily life our nation's traditions lie in the principles set out in the bible in one thousand nine hundred fifty one an amazing book was published was published by the national education association and it was entitled the american citizens handbook the book's author and publisher said that this volume should be in every home library and in every teacher's desk it may well be that used as a text reference book in schools and it was in fact in that book it had a grade by grade chart that included the following second graders were to memorize the lord's prayer our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name third graders were to memorize psalm twenty three the lord is my shepherd i shall not want seventh graders to memorize the beatitudes blessid are the poor in spirit the merciful the hungry and spirits ninth graders remember i had someone that beautiful some that says happy is the man who walks not the counsel of the un godly nor stands in the way of sinners nor sits in the seat of the scornful but his delight is in the law of the lord and in his law he meditates day and night and he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water that brings forth fruit in his season his fruit shall not wither those are principles that were put forth in this book high school seniors were to memorize the entire chapter of romans twelve which begins by saying i  therefore brother and by the mercies of god to present your bodies a living sacrifice wholly acceptable and to and to god those were patterned after the founders of our country fifty two of the fifty five independence were deeply committed christians and the other three believed in a god who personally intervened in the lives of mankind the same continent congress form the american bible society of all things and purchase twenty thousand copies of scripture for the people of the nation patrick henry's famous give me liberty or give me death speech actually came at the end of this statement where he said an appeal to arms and the god of host is all that has left us but we s not fight our battles alone there is a just god that presides over the death in these of nations the battle serves not to the strong alone is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of slave chains and slavery for bid it almighty god patrick henry understood the power in the content of scripture jonathan witherspoon who was a minister and signed the declaration of independence  public once equally poised much either preserve its virtue or lose its liberty jonathan witherspoon knew that that virtue came from the holy scriptures the bible this chamber and all the institutions of this great republic are surrounded by images and phrases from scripture in this very chamber is a portrait of moses the first law giver the supreme court also also holds several images of moses the south freeze prom and the displays of moses holding the ten commandments in the library of congress stands a large statue of moses alongside a statute of possible paul the great reading room of the libraries filled with scriptures and so it's a day to be able to stand here in the halls of congress and the call attention to the impact of biblical authority what a great opportunity that is and i thank the god of scripture for that opportunity and i thank my colleagues for bringing this to the floor tonight and i yield back to talk about national bible week the bible can bring great comfort to all of us especially in times of need and when i look at the legislation that we have been trying to pass and legislation that is coming forward i hope we can all remember the words of the bible and take care of each other and not the almighty dollar this is speaker next week is november eleventh we remember those who answered the call when america needed them most honoring our veterans reminds us that our freedoms come at a cost and with liberty comes responsibility congress has a responsibility to take care of the men and women who are serving and who have served this year we passed legislation to increase the v a budget by six point seven billion dollars above last year's level this is the largest single increase in veterans funding in the history of the v this increase will help that is serve the health care needs of our veterans both young and old but dividing over one thousand new v a caseworkers to reduce the unacceptable delays in receiving their benefits our young veterans are coming home from iraq and afghanistan with new injuries we have seen a dramatic rise in trauma traumatic brain injuries due to i e t f and roadside bombs as of january over two thousand of our brave men and women have been diagnosed with b i these veterans need a high level intensive care from when they return from battle i understand the issues our soldiers who come home with t b i face that is why i worked with defense subcommittee chairman murtha to include language in the department of defense to authorize that set aside funding and support the t v i treatment we're in a new century in the members of our losses are veterans and their loved ones need a new g i bill a new g i bill should increase funding for that chance medical care employment assistance for all homeless that trends that are throughout this country increased pay for our active duty members so they can actually have a family life expand current benefits under the current montgomery g i bill i am proud to be a co sponsor of h r sept twenty seven zero two the post nine eleven veterans education assistance act this legislation provides educate assistance for our young veterans returning home from the war under the gum of comrie g i bill in addition to increase funding for a new g i bill there in the needs to be other subsets chances made to our veterans care they should be guaranteed funding for a stream of veterans health care access to health care should improve and there should be increased funding for special the a programs such as post traumatic stress disorder treatment homelessness long term care we must also address the problem call concurrent receipt currently other federal retirees get both disability and retirement pay but we deny our veterans this privilege because of an outdated law