I want to add my voice to those who commemorate the 20th anniversary of the founding of Solidarity

Little if anything can be done in Kosovo or in the Balkans as a whole until there is democratic change in Serbia.

Action must be taken by the United States and the international community as a whole.

Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing legislation to protect New Jersey's oceans and beaches from continued ocean dumping of harmful substances.

It is time for the EPA to act to protect the health of our oceans and beaches.

I am grateful the Senate accepted one particular provision, my proposal to add bronchiolo alveolar carcinoma to the Department of Veterans Affairs presumption list for radiogenic cancers.

I rise today in support of H.R. 2116, the Veterans Millennium Health Care Act of 1996.

Providing the VA with the ability to contract with the nearest nursing home, adult day care center or sending someone to the veterans' home will make a real difference in the day to day quality of life for a veteran and his or her family.

This year, we have convinced our Senate colleagues of the need to put this provision into law because of the VA's continual denial of most claims by atomic veterans and their survivors.

Passage of the Veterans Millennium Health Care Act today will add this cancer to the VA's presumption list and thus ensure that Joan McCarthy and other veterans and their widows receive the compensation which they need and deserve.

The need for respite care cannot be underestimated.