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Pat Toomey (Pennsylvania)

Rep. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing on the “Examination of Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security” on Capitol Hill on December 10, 2020 in Washington, DC.
Rep. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) questions Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin during a hearing on the “Examination of Loans to Businesses Critical to Maintaining National Security” on Capitol Hill on December 10, 2020 in Washington, DC. Photo: Sarah Silbiger (Getty Images)

Sen. Pat Toomey from Pennsylvania voted against giving health care to veterans on Tuesday. His excuse was that the Democrats might at some point in the future use the money allocated for veterans for other issues, something that can’t happen.

“The PACT Act as written includes a budget gimmick that would allow $400 billion of current law spending to be moved from discretionary to mandatory spending,” Toomey said in a statement published on his website on Tuesday.

“This provision is completely unnecessary to achieve the PACT Act’s stated goal of expanding health care and other benefits for veterans. This gimmick would allow for an additional $400 billion in future discretionary spending completely unrelated to veterans over the next 10 years,” Toomey continued.

Again, these guys are just lying.

Sen. Toomey’s phone number in Washington is 202-224-4254 or you can contact him through his online form.

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