[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 48 (Thursday, April 28, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: April 28, 1994]
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                        SUPPORT H.R. 4013 TODAY

  (Mr. SOLOMON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, later on today there will be a vote on the 
passage of H.R. 4013, which exempts the Veterans Administration from 
certain Federal work force cuts.
  Mr. Speaker, let us make it perfectly clear: This bill does not 
prevent Federal work force cuts from being made in the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; it simply says that in the Department of Veterans 
Affairs there shall be no cutbacks in jobs for doctors, nurses, and 
those who deliver medical care services in our veterans hospitals. That 
is all the bill does.
  There will be equitable cuts in the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
in administration and everywhere else except for the one section I 
mentioned. That is the way it should be.
  So I urge all Republicans and Democrats to support this piece of 
legislation; it is vital. Otherwise OMB, as it has under former 
Republican administrations and under the present Democratic 
administration, will impose cuts across the board. That means laying 
off doctors and nurses. We cannot allow that to happen.
  Mr. Speaker, support H.R. 4013 today.

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