[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 24, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E938]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. CORRINE BROWN

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 24, 2011

  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, unfortunately, I was unavoidably 
detained yesterday hosting a Job Fair in Jacksonville, Florida. Had I 
been able to attend the vote here yesterday, I would have voted, 
``yea'' on rollcall Vote 330. I support H.R. 1627 Honoring American 
Veterans Act of 2011. This bill will allow certain monuments to be 
placed at Arlington National Cemetery, allow for a memorial marker to 
honor the memory of the Jewish chaplains who died while on active duty 
in the Armed Forces of the United States to be placed on Chaplains Hill 
in Arlington National Cemetery.
  On rollcall vote 331, I would have voted, ``yea'' to support H.R. 
1383, Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 2011. This bill resolves a 
provision that certain veterans who were retroactively affected by a 
provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements 
Act of 2010. The tuition these veterans were paying was increased by as 
much as $10,000 a year, and they should not be penalized for a change 
in law after they have begun their college education. However, an 
offset should be found that does not penalize the housing allowances of 
other GI bill recipients.
  On rollcall vote 332, I would have voted, ``yea'' to support H.R. 
1657, a bill to revise the enforcement penalties for misrepresentation 
of a business concern as a small business concern owned and controlled 
by veterans or as a small business concern owned and controlled by 
service-disabled veterans. The bill directs the VA to establish 
timelines to take action to debar non veteran-owned firms who 
fraudulently misrepresent themselves as veteran-owned firms, and sets a 
mandatory 5 year debarment period.

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