House Proceeding 07-31-08 on Jul 31st, 2008 :: 0:35:32 to 0:37:49
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Speech By: Allen Boyd

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Allen Boyd: and sacrifice, we as americans are eternaly e grateful and i encourage this nc congress to honor them by ho supporting this bill. and again i want to thank the bipartisan work of chairman edwards

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Ander Crenshaw: and ranking member me zampwamp, our committee leaders, for that they've done. i yield back the balyiance of my time. the chairman: the gentleman an yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from

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Speech By: Ander Crenshaw

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Ander Crenshaw: tennesseema. mr. wamp: mr. chairman, i recognize for two minutes the gentleman from jacksonville, florida, an extremely active member of the subcommittee, andrew crenshaw. the chairman: the

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Ander Crenshaw: gentleman is recognized. mr. crenshaw: thank . you, mr. chai rman, and thank you, mr. wamp, for yielding the time and ng thank you for your leadership on the subcommittee and i certainly want

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Ander Crenshaw: to commend chairman edwardsd for all the hard work that he puts in. i've served on this su sbcommittee for as long as i've been on the appropriations comatmittee and i can tell that you

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Ander Crenshaw: there's never a time that i'm more proud than when i'm working with the young men and women in uniform. i think we ought to note tweonight that this is the first t appropriations bill that we're

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Ander Crenshaw: taking up and i think that speaks volumes about the priority and the commitment thathe we have in this chweamber to the men and women that wear the uniform. and this bill touches literally

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Ander Crenshaw: everyone, whether theyyo are active d uty today as we w provide money for new bar s -- barracks, new training facilities, new hangar in the a irfields and we improve our port facilities, it

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Ander Crenshaw: touches those who have serveosd us in the past as veterans, building new facility, vileterans' clinics, hospitals, even providing a suicide preveng tion line to help those troublehed veterans as

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Ander Crenshaw: they come back andth save literally their lives. and itan also touches the people e that a re no longer with us w because we have money in this bill to maintain and constructai nationalna

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Ander Crenshaw: cemeteries to give a final restin g place for those t who have served us, provide vi money for the monuments arouthnd the world that pay tribute to bu our fallen heroes. but it alst o touches

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Ander Crenshaw: the lives toof the family members of our men and women in uniform. n daycare centers we've talked about, quality of life issues.fe so i would say this is a very important bill. it's a good bill.

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Ander Crenshaw: it serves those who serve us the u most. and it deserves our support. so i urge my colleagues to join o us in passing this legislation and i yield back the balance of my time. the chai rman: the gentleman

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Ander Crenshaw: yields. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tegexas. >> mr. chairman, i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from tl georgia, mr. bishop, who has been a strong member, not only

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Sanford D. Jr.Bishop: of this committee, but the defense appropriations committee. the chairman: the gentleman is th recognized. mr. bishop: i thank the i gentleman f or yielding. mr. speaker, i'm very pleased

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Speech By: Sanford D. Jr.Bishop