[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 20514]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



  REQUESTING THAT THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE ISSUE A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP 
            HONORING NATIONAL VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS

  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Governmental Affairs Committee be discharged from further consideration 
of S. Con. Res. 70, and the Senate then proceed to its immediate 
consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will state the resolution by title.

       A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) requesting that 
     the United States Postal Service issue a commemorative 
     postage stamp honoring the national veterans service 
     organizations of the United States.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
concurrent resolution.
  Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
concurrent resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, and that any statements 
relating to the concurrent resolution be printed at this point in the 
Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The concurrent resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 70

       Whereas United States service personnel have fought, bled, 
     and died in every war, conflict, police action, and military 
     intervention in which the United States has engaged during 
     this century and throughout the Nation's history;
       Whereas throughout history, veterans service organizations 
     have ably represented the interests of veterans in Congress 
     and State legislatures across the Nation, and established 
     networks of trained service officers who, at no charge, have 
     helped millions of veterans and their families secure the 
     education, disability compensation, and health care benefits 
     they are rightfully entitled to receive as a result of the 
     military service performed by those veterans; and
       Whereas veterans service organizations have been deeply 
     involved in countless local community service projects and 
     have been constant reminders of the American ideals of duty, 
     honor, and national service: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That the Congress requests that--
       (1) the United States Postal Service issue a series of 
     commemorative postage stamps honoring the legacy and the 
     continuing contributions of veterans service organizations to 
     the United States; and
       (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee recommend to the 
     Postmaster General that such a series of commemorative 
     postage stamps be issued.

     

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