mr. filner: i thank my colleague mr. boozman for introducing and for his bipartisan leadership working as the leading member of the subcommittee working with stephanie herseth sandlin of south dakota. we thank mr. boozman for his efforts in that regard. as many veterans service organizations have testified to our committee, the lack of braham awareness continues to be a major barrier preventing veterans from accessing programs they have earned. this legislation provides a common sense solution to provide useful scholarship information to our nation's veterans and their dependents, providing a list of all available scholarships on the v.a. website will allow veterans advocates to reach a larger population and simplify the search for veterans and their families. i'm confident the veterans will come to rely on this tool for information on how to supplement their education benefits offered by the v.a. i thank congressman boozman for introducing this bill and urge support of the bill. i reserve the balance of my time. the spe

filner. mr. filner: mr. speaker, mr. hare of illinois came to us as the successor of a legendary member of our committee, mr. lane evans, who worked so hard for veterans during his whole career. our thoughts are with him as he faces his disease. mr. hare was on our committee. he had to go off this year, but we miss him greatly. he's one of the strongest leaders for veterans in our nation. i yield to him as much time as he may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. hare -- excuse me, from illinois, is recognized. mr. hare: thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of h.r. 1016, the veterans health care budget reform and transparency act of 2009. let me thank chairman bob filner for introducing this important legislation. in the 110th congress we gave the v.a. its largest funding increase in 77 years and we did it on time. but sadly punctual v.a. funding has not always been the case. the v.a. received its annual funding for health care programs late in the las

mr. filner: madam speaker, i have no further speakers. mr. boozman: madam speaker, then i would yield mr. broun, the gentleman from georgia, two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. broun: i thank the gentleman for yielding. madam speaker, i rise today in support of veterans and military personnel in america. as one who believes in the constitution and the original intent of the writers of that document and one who believes that what we do in this house and in this congress is unconstitution ath according to that original intent. supporting our military personnel is critical for the security of america. we are not doing what we are supposed to do for our veterans. we have broken promises over and over again. the veterans are not getting the benefits that they've been promised. and i think that is immoral and verges on criminal because we have bloken as a federal government the -- broken as a federal government the promises that we have made to the veterans and military personnel in america. we need to fulfill tho

mr. filner: thank you. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 1211 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. filner: when i was listening to ms. herseth sandlin talk about the need for pilot programs for childcare, we have had testimony that if a woman veteran showed up with her child or children, they would be denied their appointment. and sent home. this is a way that the culture just must change and which this bill is the first step to doing that. i urge my colleagues to support h.r. 1211 as amended. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the -- the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1211 as amended. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended -- the gentleman from ark