[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EXPEDITING CONSTRUCTION OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN THE DISTRICT OF 
                                COLUMBIA

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                               speech of

                           HON. DOUG BEREUTER

                              of nebraska

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 15, 2001

  Mr. BEREUTER. Mr. Speaker, this Member reluctantly voted against H.R. 
1696 in the belief that the Congress should not intervene in the 
established procedures and legal requirements related to the siting of 
the National World War II Memorial on the National Mall and in a 
fashion that aborts any judicial proceedings regarding the Memorial's 
proposed characteristics, the administrative procedures, or the siting. 
This is especially necessary since the precise proposed location on the 
Mall and its design are so controversial. We certainly and emphatically 
do want to honor these veterans who served in World War II, ``the 
Greatest Generation,'' when as many of them as possible are still 
alive, but Congress should not have intervened in the instance without 
appropriate hearings and in such an irregular manner.

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