House Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 1:31:40 to 1:34:10
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Ed Perlmutter: i urge all americans to reflect upon the work and their sacrifices, and i urge my colleagues to support this critical resolution, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields bac balance of his time. the gentlelady from -- the gentleman from ohio. >> mr. speaker, we have no additional speakers. mr. lynch: mr. speaker, i have several more speakers. >> then we'll just reserve

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Speech By: Ed Perlmutter

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Ed Perlmutter: then. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. lynch: i thank the gentleman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts. lidgelidge thank you. i'd like to recognize another -- mr. lynch: thank you. i'd like to recognize mr. perlmutter for two minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the ognized for two minutes.

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Ed Perlmutter: mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. andty thank the gentleman from massachusetts as well as ms. berkley, mr. wamp for proposing this day of remembrance. on november 11, our nation recognizes veterans day by honoring the sacrifices of the men and women of our armed services. but we need to acknowledge another groups of patriots who sacrificed in the defense of

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Ed Perlmutter: this nation. this group of american citizens served for over 60 years to develop and ultimately construct the united states nuclear arsenal. the legacy of thousands of men and women who labored in the minds, nuclear fuel processing facilities and nuclear weapons assembly plants across the

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Ed Perlmutter: united states should be remembered forever. in particular, for ending the cold war. thousands of these cold war managers, engineers and work whose secret work in building and decommissioning the nuclear arsenal are suffering adverse

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Ed Perlmutter: health effects with their work with and around toxic and radioactive materials. colorado's former rocky flats nuclear weapons facility, which is a few miles from my house, and its thousands and thousands of workers played an integral part to enhance the security of our nation. these workers helped bring an end to the cold war, and as we

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Ed Perlmutter: worked to ensure that these workers receive the medical care and coverage they deserve, we need to offer them our thanks for their courageous work to our nation, and we continue to ur the administration to promptly respond to the various applications they made for compensation in health care. but i rise in support today and

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Ed Perlmutter: ask that we pass house