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This problem. what's frustrating is my friends on the other side of the aisle voted against funding. they voted against increasing -- 900,000 person backlog in our immigration court. they refused to vote against additional funding. i tried to take care of care of unaccompanied minors. they voted against that. you can't vote against everything and then be outraged when you go to a facility that everybody says is not prepared to handle the load. that's why -- >> bill: that's pretty much how they were built. what did you think about that? >> nobody is -- dhs and border patrol in that facility cam...

Joining me now, ranking member of the house appropriations committee. thank you for being here. >> my pleasure, ronan. >> you described this as truly outrageous, how important is this legislation to you? sfwl surviving sexual assault is one of the most traumatic experiences in a woman's life. and to think that there were 400,000 and counting kits with evidence sitting on a shelf is as tounding. new york had a 17,000 person backlog. and they increased the arrest rate from 40 to 70%. this is essential. we've got to deal with it and i'm very pleased that we were able to fight for $41 million. thi...

Today he can say and probably take an executive order, he can allow every single one of those veterans in a waiting list allow them to go to an active duty military hospital or clinic. he could ask each branch of the service to august meant those clinics today with personnel who just left the service to help clear the backlog. >> give them other options right now. >> and do it within the military. if we say let's send them over to local hospitals. i'm not trying to say or dispairage local care, but veterans have a very unique set of issues. if a veteran comes in suffering from ptsd and can't e...

Something? well, i never. this time it could actually be a game changer for ending america's backlog of rape kits. in the we small hours this morning, they voted to approve the 2015 fiscal year commerce and science appropriations bill. that bill includes tens and millions of dollars in grants to finally test the 400,000 rape kits sitting on shelves ignored nationwide. down to the wire amendment proposed by tennessee congressman steve cohen added an additional $5 million, bringing the total to $41 million. you saw this as part of the call to action and tweeted, my amendment to add $5 million to...

Call upon veterans who just came off active duty still in the reserves. he can bring them back on active duty in something call tem act, i left active duty in 1988. i stayed with the military, wore my uniform for in the next four years under temporary orders, back and forth speaking for the military, going around and talking to kids an recruiting them to go into the service. if they can do that then -- we can do that today with a stroke of a pen and clear the backlog. we're going to wait for another study and i get it, the new appointee. >> there is talk of saying wait, wait for more results a...