Robert Stump: “on October 10, the House passed the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998, H.R. 4110. Included as part of title I of…”

“on October 10, the House passed the Veterans Programs Enhancement Act of 1998, H.R. 4110. Included as part of title I of that legislation was a comprehensive resolution of a number of issues concerning Persian Gulf veterans and the government's response to their health concerns. These provisions were derived from House-passed legislation (H.R. 3980) and a bill recently passed by the Senate (S. 2358). For the benefit of my colleagues, I am including a detailed comparison of S. 2358 and the compromise we reached that was included in H.R. 4110 as amended a week ago Saturday. The other body has not taken up this compromise because of a dispute between one of the cosponsors of S. 2358 and the chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Instead of recognizing that the legislative process requires a willingness to compromise, this particular Senator has insisted that the Committees on Veterans' Affairs accept the text of S. 2358 without change. Failing to obtain assent to his demand, this Senator has held up Senate consideration of H.R. 4110.”