George E. Brown, Jr.: “May is Veterans Appreciation Month in California, so declared by Governor Gray Davis.”

To help promote the many valuable programs our Nation, States, localities, and the private sector have to assist veterans, many States, including my own State of California, have proclaimed 'veterans appreciation months.'

It is with a great sense of pride that I rise today to pay tribute to El Chicano Newspaper on the occasion of its 30th anniversary.

The people of our Nation have great appreciation and admiration for the many men and women who have served this country in the armed forces to protect and preserve our freedom and safety and that of others across the globe.

We owe even more to those veterans who became disabled as a result of their service to our Nation.