[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5394-5395]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




      LET US FULLY FUND THE BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR VETERANS' NEEDS

  (Mr. SANDERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. Speaker, as the sound of war today reverberates 
throughout this Chamber, let us take this opportunity to make sure that 
we do not forget about the veterans of past wars, the men and women who 
have put their lives on the line defending this country.
  Frankly, the President's budget is grossly inadequate in terms of 
protecting veterans' needs, as is the Republican budget. In the State 
of Vermont, the Veterans Administration hospital at White River 
Junction is under significant financial pressure, and that is true at 
VA hospitals all over this country.
  Mr. Speaker, at a time when some are proposing huge tax breaks for 
some

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of the richest people in this country, let us not forget the veterans.
  Let us, in this budget process, go well beyond the President's budget 
for veterans, well beyond the Republicans' budget for veterans, and 
finally provide the true funding that the Veterans Administration needs 
to protect those people who put their lives on the line defending this 
country.

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