[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 16426]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     RECOGNIZING EL PASO VET CENTER

  (Mr. REYES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize an outstanding 
institution in my district, the Department of Veterans Affairs El Paso 
Vet Center which has served the veterans of west Texas and southern New 
Mexico for the last 21 years. The center provides quality care to 
improve the lives of men and women who fought and defended our Nation's 
security and freedom. These services are provided with incredible 
compassion and understanding. Through counseling, guidance and 
rehabilitation programs, the center is an invaluable link between our 
veterans and the Department of Veterans Affairs. By reaching out to 
more than 100,000 veterans in the El Paso area, the center makes an 
incredible difference in our community.
  It is veterans programs like this that deserve the full support and 
appreciation of this institution. Abraham Lincoln once said, ``Let us 
strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the Nation's wounds, 
to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and 
his orphan.''
  Wars indeed have left behind men and women who need our assistance. 
As we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, I 
am proud to recognize the El Paso Vet Center, an


institution that has continuously provided assistance to our Nation's 
veterans in El Paso.

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