Sanford Bishop

Would you say that that is correct? And of the 20 problems that you had, how many claims were successfully paid out appropriately?

I was pleased to learn that in your opinion, the final adjudication process of Pigford claims and related administrative issues went relatively smooth outside of a handful of claims, I think about 20, which may not have been handled…

Thank you very much. The OIG recently released its Pigford II audit, which was required by Congress as a part of agreeing to fund the settlement of the case against the Department.

You ultimately would need additional resources in order to address those concerns?

But in terms of the percentage of fraud and the dollars in fraud, do the nutrition programs add up to more fraud or less fraud as compared to the disaster programs and the FSA programs?

So my question is whether or not the farm bill did enough on this and other ongoing issues.

The ``Disabled Veterans Tax Termination Act'' (H.R. 333)

Bill Young will be forever known as one of the strongest supporters of our military and veterans in the history of this Congress.

I rise in full support of the legislation before us this evening to rename the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Florida the C.W. Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

H.J. Res. 59, the Senate clean bill, includes all programs administered by the VA. Let me repeat: all programs. The Senate didn't cherry-pick which programs get funded. It continues operations of the entire Federal Government. On the other…

At this time I am pleased to yield 30 seconds to my good friend, the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the assistant Democratic leader.

At this time I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott).

At this time I am happy to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Florida (Ms. Brown), a strong and consistent advocate for veterans and a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee for over 20 years.

At this time I also would like to extend our condolences, and would also like to express our appreciation to the Sergeant at Arms and to the Capitol Police for their hard work in making sure that the people that work in this Capitol, the…

At this time I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the Homeland Security Subcommittee.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Mrs. Lowey), ranking member of the full Appropriations Committee.

Here we are again, deja vu all over again. The leadership of the other side of the aisle is again attempting to distract the American people from looking at their cynical shutdown efforts by trying to hold them under the torn and shredded…

We live in the greatest country on the face of the Earth. We enjoy freedoms that they enjoy no place else like in America, but freedom is not free. The freedoms we enjoy were bought with a price, and that was the price of the men and women…

At this time, I am delighted to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader who is a strong advocate for veterans and a strong advocate for this government.

At this time, I am pleased to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. David Scott), a strong advocate for veterans.

At this time, I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Van Hollen), the ranking member of the Budget Committee.

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished Democratic whip.

I'm delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), the ranking member of the Appropriations Subcommittee of Homeland Security.

At this time, I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Clyburn), the assistant Democratic leader.

At this time, I am delighted to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the distinguished ranking member of the Appropriations Committee.