Veterans Nursing Homes. Health Care Reform. Haiti. Cuba.
1- The State Legislature, in its special session in august, provided additional funding need to build Mississippi’s three new state veterans nursing homes. You said you were confident the Federal government could also come up with its additional...
Veterans Nursing Homes. Department of Veterans Affairs. Meridian Naval Air Station.
1- Funding has been secured for all three proposed veterans nursing homes in Mississippi for this fiscal year. You worked with the Department of Veterans Affairs to make sure the Federal share was there. What will this mean for Veterans in out...
Veterans Nursing Homes. Defense Authorization Bill. Anti-Crime Legislation.
1- Mississippi Legislature approved additional $2.5 million for funding for state veterans nursing homes. Are you confident the Federal government can provide additional money to build there three facilities?; 2- The House this week passed the...
1- The State Veterans Board will soon make its site selection for three new state veterans nursing homes in Mississippi. That is strictly done on the state level, but you will be involved in helping secure Federal funding to build the facilities. ...
Veterans Affairs. Defense Authorizaton Bill. National Guard. Soviet Union.
1- Your Veterans Affairs Committee took action this week to lower drug costs in veterans hospitals around the country. What is the story behind this issue?; 2- The house will consider the Defense Authorization bill this week. The conference...
Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Portable Health Insurance Bill. Anti-Terrorism Bill.
1- In Congress you’ve been known as “Mr. Veteran” for years. How does it feel to know that the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Jackson might be renamed in your honor?; 2- Several weeks ago, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the...
1- The Secretary of Veterans Affairs has announced he is halting a test program to allow some non-veterans to be treated in veterans hospitals. Many veterans groups opposed the idea and now the Secretary has nixed it. What is your reaction?; 2-...
1- This week, you were re-elected chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee this week for the 103rd Congress. What was your reaction to the vote?; 2- American troops are on the ground in Somalia now. What do you think of this mission?; 3-...
1-You have scheduled a Veterans Affairs Committee hearing in Meridian, Mississippi on January 21 to look further into the Persian Gulf Veterans health issue. What are the details on the hearing?; 2- You are co-sponsoring a Constitutional amendment...
1- You held a Veterans Affairs committee hearing in Meridian last Friday to look into the Persian Gulf War illness issue. What was your assessment of those proceedings?; 2- A tragic accident in the country of Honduras last week killed one...
1- Your Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing on the issue of the Persian Gulf War illnesses this week in Washington. Veterans Affairs Secretary Jesse Brown and Defense Department Assistant Secretary Dorn testified. What did you learn?; 2-...
1- As the ranking member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, you have the opportunity to look out for Veterans Department activities in our state. What’s going on with our veterans programs and facilities in Mississippi?; 2- Balanced budget...
1- As this program is being taped, you are preparing to hold a Veteran’s Affairs Committee hearing in Meridian to look into Persian Gulf War illnesses. What do you hope to learn from the hearing?; 2- Several members of congress will join you in...
VA Regional Medical Headquarters. VA Hospitals. Capital Gains Tax.
1- You will be in Jackson January 6 to speak at the dedication of the VA Regional Medical Headquarters. What does this facility mean to the veterans in our state?; 2- Veterans hospitals in Virginia and Alabama will be used in a test study to see...
1- Congressman, I understand that the State VA Home in Collins recently opened. Is this true?; 2- What do you think will be the big issues faced in Congress in the next year?; 3- The President will be able to use the line item veto for the first...
1- Recently, you cosponsored bill HR 3118 that will allow veterans greater access to VA care. Can you tell us a little more about it?; 2- A museum in Phoenix, Arizona has an exhibit which has caused quite a lot of controversy. The contemporary...
1- You attended the Pearl Harbor ceremonies last weekend marking the 50th anniversary of V-J Day and the official end of World War II. What were your impressions of these events and why were they important?; 2- This week the House of...
1- The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis will be commissioned in Norfolk, VA, this weekend. You will be there. What does this mean for the nation and for the state of Mississippi?; 2- Two Mississippi National Guard units could be among those...
US Fish and Wildlife Service. North Korea. Sung, Kim Il. Mabus, Ray. Saudi Arabia.
1- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has proposed stopping all waterfowl hunting and limiting bow hunting for deer on five wildlife refuges that make up the Mississippi Yazoo Wildlife Complex. You wrote the Secretary of the Interior asking that...
Unfunded Mandates. Balanced Budget Amendment. National Security Committee.
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1- The House is considering legislation to curb the practice of imposing federal rules and regulations on the states and cities without giving them funding to pay for them. These so-called un-funded mandates have increased over...
