[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 28, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2318]
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                         A SAD DAY FOR VETERANS

  (Mr. VOLKMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. VOLKMER. Mr. Speaker, today is the 56th day of the imperial 
speakership.
  Mr. Speaker, 9 months ago a majority of my colleagues recognized the 
debt owed our veterans, and the need to ensure they receive proper and 
adequate medical care. Today I must rise to inform my colleagues that 
the contract we have with our Nation's veterans has been labeled 
expendable by the Republican majority, and I am here to issue a warning 
to the Nation's veterans that our contract pledged to our veterans is 
up for renegotiation under the Republican contract on America. Last 
week an appropriations subcommittee slashed $206 million from the 
Veterans Administration and eliminated funding for six veterans care 
facilities as a way to help pay for the tax cuts promised to the rich 
in their contract on America. Mr. Speaker, it is a sad day in America 
when we place the desires of wealthy special interests over the needs 
of men and women who risked their lives to defend America.

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