Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I further ask that the Blumenthal amendment, which is at the desk, be agreed to; the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment (No. 5081) was agreed to, as follows: (Purpose: To make a technical correction) On page 2, line 9, insert ``veterans' '' after ``or in a''. The bill (S. 3076), as amended, was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 3076 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Charles Duncan Buried with Honor Act of 2016''. SEC. 2. CASKETS AND URNS FOR BURIAL OF CERTAIN VETERANS IN CEMETERIES OF STATES AND TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS. Section 2306(f) of title 38, United States Code, is amended-- (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``for burial in a national cemetery of a deceased veteran'' and inserting ``for burial of a deceased veteran in a national cemetery or in a veterans cemetery of a State or tribal organization for which the Department has provided a grant under section 2408 of this title''; and (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``the burial of the veteran in a national cemetery'' and inserting ``such burial''. ____________________”