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And since the rumors continue to fly, even though they are wrong, let me say it as clearly as i can. the historic health care reform legislation that i signed into law does not, i repeat, does not change your veteran's benefits. the va health care benefits that you know and trust are safe and that includes prosthetics for disabled veterans. thanks to advanced appropriations, the delays for funding are over. and jus as though delays were unacceptable, so too are long delays in the claims process.

And since the rumors continue to fly even though they are wrong, let me say it as clearly as i can, the historic health care legislation that i signed into law does not, i repeat, does not change your veterans' benefits. [cheers and applause] the va -- the va health care benefits that you know and trust are safe, and that includes prosthetics for our disabled veterans. [applause] thanks to advanced appropriations, the delays for funding of veterans' medical care are over. and just as those delays were unacceptable, so, too, are long delays in the claims process. [applause]

Paying you? we know it's bp faying feinberg to do what he's doing, to go around this coast saying everything's okay. the $20 billion is in place. i want to ask feinberg who's going to bonus you if you save money on then $20 billion by not paying it to the victims. at this point, he's been handled like mama teresa, like mother teresa. he is not mother teresa. i respect ken feinberg. i've worked against him. he's a great lawyer but you've got to keep your eyes on the ball. is he working for bp. he's not working for victims. >> does it hurt the president and the relief effort down there, the rest...

I'm sure it was a lively crowd. >> well, jim, above all, the shrimpers, fishermen, local business owners just want to know how feinberg is going to keep them from going broke. as of now, bp's been handling this claims process. feinberg says in about three weeks he is going to be completely taking over. yesterday he made a point to tell everybody that the money is there. also that he's working independently of bp or the u.s. government. feinberg says he is also going to make the process easier. we spoke about with a lot of fishermen who say in the past they really didn't know what's going on. h...

This morning. explain for us how this all will work, amber. >> reporter: good morning, kiran. as of now bp's been handling all of the claims process. kenneth feinberg says three weeks from now he is going to be completely taking over and he's going to start digging into that $20 billion escrow account. feinberg made it a point yesterday when he was speaking with these shrimpers, fishermen, business owners, that that $20 billion is there. he also made it a point that he is working independently of the u.s. government and bp. he says, too, he's going to make this process easier and more efficien...