Meet the Texas Senator Who Couldn't Care Less About Our Vets

Health care.  Mental health benefits.  Adequate body armor and armored vehicles.  A college education.  These are just some of the necessities all of our service members deserve.  But clearly, Senator John Cornyn doesn't think so.

Cornyn's rhetoric belies his appalling record in the Senate.  The fact that Cornyn has stood with President Bush 95 percent of the time and has opposed our service members on more than 20 key issues proves he doesn't support our troops or veterans.  It's a fact every Texan needs to know, now.

Every Texan must see this video.  Send this to ten friends and get them to pass it along to ten more.  Post this video on your blogs and spread it on sites like Digg -- some of the most effective ways to reach those outside the choir.

Let's make sure everyone knows John Cornyn is not giving our veterans and troops the respect they deserve.

People in the film:

• Lawrence Romo  (Vietnam War Vet) - Lieutenant (Ret), US Air Force
• Jason Cisneroz (War in Afghanistan Vet) - Staff Sergeant, US Army Reserve
• Ruben Dominguez (Vietnam War Vet) - Sergeant 1st Class (Ret), US Army
• Benito Guerrero  (Vietnam War Vet) - Sergeant Major (Ret), US Army
  

(Read Cornyn's votes on vets after the flip.)
John Cornyn’s votes on vets:

March 20th, 2003

SCR 23 Vote 163
Voted against a proposal to provide pay protection for members of the reserve and the National Guard.

March 25th, 2003

SCR 23 Vote 81
Voted against an amendment to increase
TRICARE funding by $20.3 Billion Over Ten Years to
Allow More Members and Their Families to Benefit

April 2nd, 2003

S 762 Vote 116
Voted against providing an additional $1.047 billion
for the procurement of National Guard and reserve equipment.


October 2nd, 2003

S 1689 Vote 376
Voted against providing an additional $322 million for safety equipment including body armor to
troops in Iraq.


March 16th, 2005

SCR 18 Vote 55
Voted against increasing veterans’ health care funding by $2.8 billion.


April 12th, 2005

HR 1268 Vote 89 and 90
Voted TWICE against increasing veterans’ health care funding by $1,975,183,000.


April 21st, 2005

HR 1268 Vote 108
Voted against providing an additional $213 million for the procurement of up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles.


May 5th, 2005

HR 2863 Vote 248
Voted against an increase by $360.8 million to the defense appropriations to provide armored vehicles to American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.


September 22nd, 2005

HR 2528 Vote 242
Voted against providing an additional $10,000,000 for the readjustment counseling service and decreased the HealtheVet Technology by the same amount.


October 5th, 2005

HR 2863 Vote 251
Voted against establishing a funding formula for veterans’ health care that would keep pace with inflation and population growth.


November 17, 2005

S 2020 Vote 343 11/17/05
Voted against an increase in mental health care funding for veterans’ by $500 million.

February 2nd, 2006

HR 4297 Vote 7
Voted against increasing funding for military and veterans’ hospitals by $19 billion.


February 2nd, 2006

HR 4297 Vote 8
Voted against a proposal to provide $44 billion to improve and repair military equipment. 

February 13th, 2006

HR 4297 Vote 15
Voted against increasing funding for military and veterans’ health care in lieu of tax breaks for millionaires.


February 14th, 2006

HR 4297 Vote 18
Voted against $50 million to repair military equipment.


March 14th, 2006

SCR 83 Vote 41 Voted against increasing veterans’ health care funding by $1.5 billion.

March 16th, 2006

SCR 83 Vote 63
Voted against making veterans’ health benefits a mandatory program spending $104 billion over five years.

March 16th, 2006 

SCR 83 Vote 67 
Voted against eliminating a proposed tripling of TRICARE fees for veterans’ in the TRICARE health program.


September 19th, 2007

HR 1585 Vote 341
Voted against an amendment to specify the minimum periods between deployment of units and members of the armed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.

September 20th, 2007 

HR 1585 Vote 343
Voted against an amendment to reaffirm strong support for all the men and women of the US Armed Forces.

May 14th, 2008

HR 980 Vote 127
Voted against improving educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces and veterans.