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Support for Advocates for Veterans

Date: Jan. 26, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Veterans


SUPPORT FOR ADVOCATES FOR VETERANS -- (House of Representatives - January 26, 2005)

(Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, our good friend and colleague, the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith), had served on the Committee on Veterans' Affairs for 24 years. He had been the chairman of that committee for 4 years.

On January 5, representatives of 10 national veterans organizations wrote the gentleman from Illinois (Speaker Hastert) asking him to keep the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) in that position. But he was removed. And a senior GOP aid referred to these veterans by saying, ``If they think coming up here to argue for CHRIS SMITH is going to help CHRIS SMITH, they are crazy.''

Well, the Republicans in this House may think the advocates for veterans are crazy, but we Democrats do not; and we will not stand by and let this administration or this House of Representatives decimate VA health care.

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