[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 186 (Monday, November 20, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2224-E2225]
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                       VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AWARD

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                             HON. BOB STUMP

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                        Monday, November 20, 1995

  Mr. STUMP. Mr. Speaker, recently my very good friend Sonny Montgomery 
was honored for his service to our Nation's veterans. I would like to 
insert the following statement in the Congressional Record, so that all 
Members may share in this tribute:

                       Veterans Employment Award

       On November 9, 1995, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
     Veterans' Employment and 

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     Training Preston M. Taylor Jr. presented Congressman G.V. (Sonny) 
     Montgomery, ``Mister Veteran'', with the Veterans Employment 
     Award at the Department of Labor's 15th Annual Salute to All 
     American Veterans, in Washington, DC.
       The award, created by the Veterans' Employment and Training 
     Service, will be presented annually in Congressman 
     Montgomery's honor to a veterans' advocate as part of future 
     Salute ceremonies. The agency will use the high standard of 
     advocacy set by ``Mr. Veteran'' himself to judge those who 
     follow in receipt of this commemorative award.
       In recognizing Congressman Montgomery, Secretary Taylor 
     noted that since next year the 104th Congress would have 
     adjourned before Veterans's Day, the Department of Labor's 
     Veterans' Employment and Training Service wanted to recognize 
     at this Salute ceremony the contributions Mr. Montgomery has 
     made to veterans in general and to the agency in particular.
       The Salute ceremony program of events included a brief 
     sketch of the honoree's biographical highlights and a letter 
     from President Clinton expressing his deep appreciation to 
     Sonny Montgomery for all he has done on behalf of America's 
     veterans.
       Secretary Taylor observed that Mr. Montgomery regards the 
     men and women of the armed forces almost as family members 
     whose interests he had tried to protect and advance from his 
     strategic committee positions. Also, as a lawmaking guardian, 
     Mr. Montgomery is known to be caring but stern, and will 
     invest all his energies to protect and expand benefits he 
     believes veterans have coming to them. Taylor said that his 
     special presence for all veterans, reservists, and National 
     Guard members will be missed.

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