THE WHITE HOUSE: Press briefing by Secretary of HUD An Andrew Cuomo.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-21 October 1999-THE WHITE HOUSE: Office of the Press Secretary -- Press briefing by Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:201099 1:20 P.M. EDT The Briefing Room SECRETARY CUOMO: Good afternoon. Let me make a couple of points about a bill signing that the President just did, and then whatever questions you have would be my pleasure to answer.

The President signed the Veterans Administration/HUD bill -- Housing and Urban Development appropriations bill. And the President took the opportunity of the bill signing to point out that in many ways this could be a model for how the budget process could go forward. The HUD/VA bill was not an easy bill to negotiate. But it is a bill that we, obviously ultimately, came...