YOU'RE REALLY FANTASTIC PEOPLE.
YOU REALLY ARE.
WE'RE FIGHTING TO MAKE SURE YOU
GET THE CARE YOU SO RICHLY
EARNED.
TODAY'S LEGISLATION IS ONE MORE
PROMISE THAT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION IS KEEPING, AND
WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF PROMISES
AND WE KEPT THEM ALL.
THIS IS ANOTHER ONE.
INCREASED THE VA'S BUDGET TO THE
LARGEST EVER.
WE ARE DELIVERING THE RESOURCES
KNOW, WE HAVE GOTTEN.
YOU KNOW THE REFORMS.
WE'LL GO OVER THEM IN A MINUTE.
BUT THERE ARE SOME REFORMS AND
TO DELIVER FOR OUR GREAT
VETERANS, JUST THE WAY I SAID I
WOULD.
CONSTANTLY ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL, YOU BACKED ME AND I BACK
YOU.
THAT IS THE WAY IT WORKS, RIGHT?
THAT IS THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED
TO WORK IN LIFE.
RIGHT?
[APPLAUSE]
WITH OUR BOOMING ECONOMY, WHICH
IS NOW I THINK WE CAN SAY EASILY
THE GREATEST ECONOMY WE EVER HAD
IN OUR COUNTRY, STOCK MARKETS
YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE UP
TODAY, THAT MEANS TODAY, BUT
STOCK MARKETS YESTERDAY HIT THE
HIGHEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN IN
THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.
WE HAVE BROKEN THE RECORD NOW,
100 TIMES.
WE KEEP BREAKING IT, BREAKING
IT.
WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO.
THERE IS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL.
[APPLAUSE]
WITH OUR BOOMING ECONOMY I'M
PROUD TO REPORT, UNEMPLOYMENT
RECENTLY ACHIEVED ITS LOWEST
LEVEL IN MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF JOBS.
A LOT OF JOBS.
LAST YEAR I ALSO SIGNED INTO LAW
A LANDMARK VA ACCOUNTABILITY
ACT.
YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THAT.
IF SOMEBODY WAS BAD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE.
NOW YOU CAN DO IT.
DEDICATED VETERANS AFFAIRS,
DOCTORS, NURSES WHO JOIN US.
REWARDING MANY GREAT PEOPLE AT
VA.
ALSO ENSURING THOSE WHO MISTREAT
OUR VETERANS, WE HAD PEOPLE
REALLY MISTREATED OUR VETERANS.
THEY ARE NOW THAT THEY ARE BEING
AND OTHERS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE,
RIGHT?
NO WAY YOU CAN HOLD THEM
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY CAN BE SADISTS, DOESN'T
SOUND NICE, THEY COULD BE
THIEVES, ROB YOU BLIND, COULDN'T
DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
NOW YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU
WANT.
NOW YOU DO WHAT IS RIGHT.
YOU HAVE A SECRETARY THAT IS
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT.
HE IS TOUGH AND HE IS SMART.
[APPLAUSE]
GENERAL MATTIS WAS NOT HAPPY,
WHEN I TOOK HIM OUT OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE GOING TO HAVE
HIM FOR A SHORT WHILE.
WE SAID YOU KNOW IS DOING SO
GOOD, WE'LL KEEP HIM HERE.
HE WASN'T HAPPY.
THAT IS USUALLY A GOOD SIGN,
GOVERNOR?
IF THEY'RE HAPPY THAT IS NOT A
GOOD SIGN.
HE WAYNE HAPPY.
STILL NOT HAPPY.
YOU'RE HAPPY, RIGHT?
[APPLAUSE]
SIGN INTO LAW ANOTHER TREMENDOUS
VICTORY FOR OUR VETERANS.
MAYBE THIS IS THE ONE THAT WE
KEPT TALKING ABOUT AND TALKING
ABOUT.
48 YEARS, THEY COULDN'T GET IT,
THEY COULDN'T GET IT APPROVED.
THOUGHT I WAS GREAT GUY THAT HAD
THIS GREAT VISION.
IT IS CALLED VA CHOICE.
IF YOU HAVE LINES WHERE YOU
CAN'T SEE A DOCTOR FOR TWO
WEEKS, THREE WEEKS, FOUR WEEKS,
12 DAYS, EIGHT DAYS, HOW ABOUT
ONE DAY.
NO GOOD.
AND THEY WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF
IMMEDIATELY.
WE'LL PAY THE BILL.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THIS GREAT
IDEA.
WELL, THEY THOUGHT ABOUT IT FOR
WE GOT IT PASSED.
SO WE HAVE NOW VA CHOICE.
[APPLAUSE]
SO NOW IF A VETERANS CAN'T GET
THE CARE THEY NEED FROM THE VA
IN A TIMELY FASHION, THEY HAVE
THE RIGHT TO GO SEE A PRIVATE
DOCTOR.
TODAY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
AMERICAN HISTORY I AM ABOUT TO
SIGN A BILL THAT WILLFULLY AND
PERMANENTLY GIVE OUR GREAT AND
CHERISHED VETERANS CHOICE.
A SIMPLE, WE HAD PEOPLE WAITING
IN LINE, WITH A SIMPLE PROBLEM,
THAT BY THE TIME THEY SAW THE