Gerald Kleczka: “Not only does the bill provide priority health care for those veterans who were exposed to a agent orange, but also…”

“Not only does the bill provide priority health care for those veterans who were exposed to a agent orange, but also broadens the definition for the veterans who served in the Persian Gulf. I think a more important portion of the bill requires the Veterans' Administration to promulgate mammography quality standards for our service men and women. The last portion of the bill, which I asked be inserted, and I want to thank the gentleman from Arizona [Mr. Stump] and the minority leaders, the gentleman from Mississippi [Mr. Montgomery] and the gentleman from Illinois [Mr. Evans], my friends, for helping me out on this; the situation is that in Milwaukee County the current baseball stadium lies on three parcels of land owned by the Veterans' Administration. Two of the parcels were transferred way back in 1948, and the third was transferred in 1954. Now there is a new stadium being contemplated, the financing is almost put together on the new ball park, and we found that two of the parcels already have been transferred by the Secretary's authority. The third needed congressional legislation.”