KENNEDY ON BUSH VETO OF LABOR HHS BILL

The following press release was published by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Nov. 13, 2007. It is reproduced in full below.

President Bush, by vetoing the Fiscal Year 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education spending bill, will again be choosing to fund his failed policy in Iraq over the priorities of millions of American families. He is rejecting this bill because it includes $11.8 billion more for education, healthcare, and worker assistance and protections - at the same time that he is asking for $158 billion for the war in Iraq this year (or $433 million per day).

Source: Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions