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Senator Inouye's Statement on the President's Veto of the Labor, Health, and Human Services Funding Bill

Press Release

Date: Nov. 13, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Labor Unions Health and Health Care

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye today issued the following statement following the President's veto of the Fiscal Year 2008 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act:

"I was extremely disappointed by the President's veto. By rejecting the Labor, HHS, and Education funding bill, the President showed his lack of compassion for the working families of America and Hawaii, and revealed once more that his priority is the reckless pursuit of a discredited course in Iraq.

"He rejected the bill because it provided an additional $11.8 billion for education, healthcare, and job training for Americans - what it roughly costs the United States in less than a month in Iraq."

"By his action, he also rejected vital programs for Hawaii that total only $157 million, including $25 million for a regional biocontainment laboratory that would be crucial for homeland security, and $14 million for healthcare for Native Hawaiians."


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