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Clinton and OFFE to Demand
Mandatory Funding

On April 10^th OFFE 2008 attended the “CARES” Local Advisory Panel Meeting (LAP) at the Canandaigua VA, here the Panel officiated by Amo Houghton presented the proposals that will go forward to Secretary Nicholson and determine the future of the veterans facility in the future.

At that meeting Senator Hillary Clinton a featured speaker at the LAP Hearing spoke out for veterans by calling for the formation of a community committee to insure that veterans needs continue to be addressed as the VA goes forward with the campus development in the future.

 In her speech to the panel Senator Clinton said;

            "As I have said throughout this process, it is critical that a line of communication remain open to ensure that the voices of the veterans' community are heard. Looking ahead, the premature elimination of the acute in-patient psychiatric beds makes it all the more important for the VA to seek and heed the views of the local community before their final plan for the campus is released. This community deserves to be heard today, tomorrow, and far into the future when it comes to our veterans," Senator Clinton said following the meeting. "The best way for the VA to keep the line of communication open with the very community they serve is to establish a permanent community advisory panel."

From the beginning of the VA CARES process, Senator Clinton fought hard against plans to close the facility. Last October, Senator Clinton applauded the fact that all of the options approved by the VA for further consideration maintain a presence on the Canandaigua campus and that options which would have shifted services to other sites were rejected. In February, she expressed her disappointment that the VA went ahead prematurely and executed a decision to complete the phasing out of the eight remaining acute in-patient psychiatric beds.

After the meeting Gene Simes presented Senator Clinton with the resolution that veterans are using across the nation to demand that Washington return VA Funding to the status it held for decades within the federal budget. That resolution (available on this web page) calls  for placing VA Funding  on the mandatory side of the budget and remove it from the discretionary side of the budget where it was placed two decades ago.

On April 19^th Senator Clinton came aboard the OFFE 2008 Mandatory Funding Crusade Check out the signed copy of the resolution by clicking here

On Friday May 2nd Presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama joined OFFE 2008 and its supporters in calling for Mandatory Funding for Veterans Healthcare. Just days before the Indiana Primary, We were notified by Senator Obama's Legislative Director, Chris Lu that the Senator had climbed aboard by signing the Mandatory Funding Resolution.
OFFE 2008  wishes to welcome Senator Obama in joining  thousands of his fellow American's that believe our veterans deserve our thanks for a job well done and the promise of healthcare, today, tomorrow and forever.

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