Veterans Town Hall Meeting

Aug 3, 2009

U.S. House of Representatives | Cummings, E. (D-MD)

Representative Elijah Cummings hosted a town hall meeting for veterans. The event included a discussion between veterans and Representative Cummings on how veterans will be affected by health care reform, and other veterans' issues.
Representative Elijah Cummings hosted a town hall meeting for veterans. The event included a discussion between veterans and Representative Cummings on how veterans will be affected by health care reform, and other veterans' issues.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:49 Williams, CharlesExecutive Director HE OBTAINED A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY, AND GRADUATED PHI BETA KAPPA AND...
00:03:29 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative GOOD EVENING, SIR! YOU GOT ME THAT TIME. I WHAT I THANK MR. WOMEN'S -- I WANT TO THANK MR. WILLIAMS...
00:43:53 Smith, DennisDirector WE DO SEE WALKING IN EMERGENCIES THE DAY THEY HAPPEN. SO PLEASE CONTACT US AND WE WILL GET IT SORTED...
00:44:26 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative THAT IS WHY WE ARE HERE. THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE. DO YOU SEE HOW HE RAISED THE ISSUES? HE DID NOT...
00:46:12 Smith, DennisDirector I DID NOT UNDERSTAND EXACTLY THE ISSUE. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS GET DETAILS. BUT I THOUGHT THEY CHANGED...
00:49:30 Wolohojian, GeorgeRegional Director I'VE BACK TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND...
00:50:33 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative THAT IS SOMETHING -- I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER....
00:52:36 Wolohojian, GeorgeRegional Director WOULD YOU MAKE YOURSELF AVAILABLE TO SIT AND TALK WITH A COUNSELOR SO WE COULD CONSIDER CLAIMS FOR...
00:53:23 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative I KNOW HE DID NOT SAY THIS BUT IF YOU FIND YOURSELF IN ALL LIFE THIRD IN STANCE -- A LIFE CIRCUMSTANCE...
00:59:16 Smith, DennisDirector THE LOT DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR THAT UNLESS YOU'RE 100% CONNECTED. EVEN IF IT PASSED A LAW TOMORROW,...
01:01:07 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative I CANNOT KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE OPERATED SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT LET ME TELL YOU -- ALMOST HALF OF...
01:17:36 Smith, DennisDirector I WANT MY FRIEND A COMMENT. AND THEN I WILL CLOSE OUT. VERY QUICKLY AND THANKS FOR YOUR QUESTION. ...
01:20:36 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative I WANTED A CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THERE IS A LESSON IN WHAT HE JUST SAID. SOMETIMES WE...
01:21:33 Williams, CharlesExecutive Director THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW MOST OF THE FOLKS BUT WE HAVE WOMEN HERE, TOO. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD...
01:22:07 Hunter, AliyahVeteran GOOD AFTERNOON, MCVETS. OK, ALL RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M A COMBAT VETERAN OF THE...
01:26:53 Cummings, ElijahU.S. Representative MISS HUNTER, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I KNOW YOU HAD NOT PLANNED TO SPEAK. BUT I THINK...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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