[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 13, 1994)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
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  CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4624, DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND 
HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
                               ACT, 1995

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                               speech of

                           HON. NANCY PELOSI

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, September 12, 1994

  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the conference 
report on the fiscal year 1995 VA-HUD appropriations bill. I commend 
Chairman Stokes and ranking member Lewis for their successful work in 
crafting this balanced bill designed to meet the many competing needs 
of the subcommittee's diverse programs and thank them for their 
attention to programs of particular importance to the people of San 
Francisco, who I am honored to represent.
  I am particularly pleased that the conference report contains $40 
million for San Francisco's Richmond transport control wastewater 
facility for a comprehensive combined sewer overflow system, which will 
allow the city to complete construction on an important project to 
limit sewage discharge into San Francisco's coastal waters, as well as 
$1.5 million for a housing facility for homeless and mentally disabled 
people of San Francisco and $1 million for the Center for Pacific Rim 
Studies, a community and economic development initiative designed to 
enhance the competitiveness of the bay area throughout the Pacific rim. 
I thank the chairman for report language encouraging prostate research 
at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. This research will help to 
increase our knowledge of the prevention and treatment of this tragic 
disease.
  I am also pleased that this fiscal year 1995 bill contains funding 
for a number of nationwide housing programs with significance for San 
Francisco. I will note here only two, the AIDS Housing Program [HOPWA], 
to be funded at $186 million, an increase of $30 million over fiscal 
year 1994, and HUD's Housing Preservation Program, to be funded at $175 
million. Both of these programs have a real impact in providing 
affordable housing in my community.
  Again, I commend Chairman Stokes and the members of the subcommittee 
for their success with this conference report and urge my colleagues to 
support it.

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