Bruce F. Vento: “I just would point out this is not a discretion. It says it shall be administered in the same manner as the secretary.…”

I rise in somewhat qualified support. I know that some provisions in this have received a lot of work. I think it is obvious when we are not going regular order, it makes it very difficult to, in fact, try to digest all of the aspects of a…

I rise in bittersweet support of this colossal final budget package. This omnibus appropriations measure funds a total of $486.7 billion for fiscal year 1999. This represents the largest single legislative measure in recent history…

He has also demonstrated his commitment to public service by founding the Children's Health Enrichment Program in St. Paul.

I support H.R. 5234, a measure that would extend the applicability of the Hmong Veteran's Naturalization Act (PL 106-207) to widows of the veterans covered by that law. As I've stated in the past, the Lao-Hmong people stood honorably by…