[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 72 (Friday, June 10, 1994)]
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                   ASSISTING OUR VETERANS EVERYWHERE

  (Mr. MONTGOMERY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MONTGOMERY. Mr. Speaker, this has kind of become a veterans issue 
morning with respect to the previous 1-minutes.
  Mr. Speaker, I say to the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Canady] that we 
will be glad to work with him in my capacity as chairman of the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
  Mr. Speaker, I had not heard of that problem, and we certainly will 
be glad to work with him.
  Also, to the gentleman from New Hampshire [Mr. Swett], who mentioned 
the Persian Gulf veterans bill compensation which I have introduced, it 
is good legislation, and I would hope that more Members would sign onto 
it. It is needed.


                       50th anniversary of d-day

  My final subject, Mr. Speaker, is to follow up on the remarks of the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Lantos], about our trip to Normandy. I 
certainly hope there would not be too much criticism. That was one of 
the most important events in the 20th century of our Nation and of the 
world, the Normandy invasion. We honored the gentleman from Florida 
[Mr. Gibbons], who represented the President of the United States, who 
is a Member of this House, and was a representative of the President.
  Mr. Speaker, we had 27 Members from Congress, the House of 
Representatives, and we honored the minority leader, Bob Michel.
  Certainly, President Clinton, in my opinion, was well prepared. He 
made the proper remarks at the different sad ceremonies at Normandy. It 
was a great event, and we should all be proud of it.

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