mr. filner: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on s. 1963 as amended. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. filner: and i also ask unanimous consent to extend my remarks in the record and threw therein extraneous material notwithstanding the fact that it exceeds two pages and is estimated by the public printer to cost $2,533. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, notwithstanding. mr. filner: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. filner: mr. speaker, when i became chairman of the committee of veterans' affairs, the v.a. was strained by the breaking point by years of chronic underfunding. we were unprepared to care for the hundreds of thousands of new veterans returning from iraq and afghanistan. it is simply our duty as a nation no matter where we stand on the war to put

mr. filner to suspend the rules and pass s. 1963 as amended on which the yeas and nays are ordered. the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: senate 1963, an act to amend title 38 united states code to provide assistance to care givers of veterans to improve the provision of health care to veterans and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: the question is will the ill the ho suspend the rules and pass the bill as amended? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: the yeas are 419, the nays are none. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. the unfinished business is the vote on the motion of the gentleman