[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 104 (Tuesday, July 22, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S7823]
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DEPARTMENTS OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND 
             INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1998

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under a previous order, the clerk will report 
Senate bill 1034, the VA-HUD appropriations bill.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 1034) making appropriations for the Department 
     of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and 
     for sundry independent agencies, commissions, corporations, 
     and offices for fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and 
     for other purposes.

  The Senate continued with the consideration of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. TORRICELLI. Thank you, Mr. President.

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