Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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4	4	STSESSION H. RES. 60
5	5	Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for the naming
6	6	of new or undedicated facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs
7	7	after women veterans and minority veterans in order to reflect the
8	8	diversity of all who have served in the Armed Forces of the United
9	9	States.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	JANUARY23, 2025
12	12	Ms. B
13	13	ROWNLEY(for herself and Ms. NORTON) submitted the following
14	14	resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
15	15	RESOLUTION
16	16	Expressing the support of the House of Representatives for
17	17	the naming of new or undedicated facilities of the De-
18	18	partment of Veterans Affairs after women veterans and
19	19	minority veterans in order to reflect the diversity of
20	20	all who have served in the Armed Forces of the United
21	21	States.
22	22	Whereas, as of December 2024, out of over 1,700 health care
23	23	facilities of the Department of Veterans of Affairs, 16
24	24	are named for members of minority groups and four are
25	25	named for women veterans;
26	26	Whereas millions of women and members of minority groups
27	27	have served in the Armed Forces of the United States
28	28	since the founding of the Nation;
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31	31	•HRES 60 IH
32	32	Whereas, during the Revolutionary War, Margaret Corbin
33	33	and Deborah Sampson were among the first women to
34	34	serve in combat, and women served in other roles, includ-
35	35	ing a woman who served as Agent 355 in George Wash-
36	36	ington’s spy ring;
37	37	Whereas, during the Civil War, hundreds of women disguised
38	38	themselves as men to serve in the military, and others
39	39	served as nurses, spies, and administrators;
40	40	Whereas Harriet Tubman became the first American woman
41	41	known to lead troops in combat;
42	42	Whereas for her service during the Civil War, Dr. Mary
43	43	Edwards Walker became the first and only woman to re-
44	44	ceive the Medal of Honor;
45	45	Whereas women have been formally part of the Armed Forces
46	46	since the founding of the Army Nurse Corps in 1901 and
47	47	the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908;
48	48	Whereas many of the Nation’s heroes have been denied
49	49	awards and recognition for their service due to systematic
50	50	racial discrimination and anti-Semitism;
51	51	Whereas Crispus Attucks was the first American to be killed
52	52	in the Boston Massacre, which laid the foundation of
53	53	American independence and freedom;
54	54	Whereas Black servicemembers volunteered to participate and
55	55	fight in every major war that America has engaged in,
56	56	since the Revolutionary War, despite a legacy of slavery,
57	57	segregated units, the Jim Crow era, discriminatory voting
58	58	statutes, job restrictions, and the denial of benefits re-
59	59	lated to their service;
60	60	Whereas the first African-American pilots in the United
61	61	States Air Force, often referred to as the Tuskegee Air-
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65	65	men, destroyed over 250 German aircraft and destroyed
66	66	over 950 supply vehicles in World War II;
67	67	Whereas, during World War II, Tuskegee Airmen were
68	68	awarded 8 Purple Hearts, 15 Bronze Stars, 150 Distin-
69	69	guished Flying Crosses, and nearly 750 other Air Medals;
70	70	Whereas members of the LGBTQ community and their allies
71	71	fought a campaign for the ability to serve their country
72	72	openly and ultimately succeeded in lifting those restric-
73	73	tions;
74	74	Whereas the success of the movement for equal service for
75	75	the LGBTQ community has suffered a setback by way of
76	76	administrative action which currently restricts the ability
77	77	of transgender people to serve openly;
78	78	Whereas Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected offi-
79	79	cials in the United States, previously served in the
80	80	United States Navy as a diving officer;
81	81	Whereas American Indians and Alaska Natives serve in the
82	82	highest per-capita proportion of any population to serve
83	83	in the Armed Forces, including the Cherokee, Choctaw,
84	84	and Assiniboine code talkers of World War I and Coman-
85	85	che, Mohawk, Muscogee, and Navajo code talkers of
86	86	World War II;
87	87	Whereas 60 Latino servicemembers have received the Medal
88	88	of Honor, including eight from Puerto Rico and seven
89	89	who were born outside of the United States, among them
90	90	Rodolfo P. Herna´ndez, a son of a farmworker family who
91	91	earned the Medal of Honor for his actions and near-
92	92	death injuries in Korea;
93	93	Whereas Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Is-
94	94	landers have served in the United States Armed Forces
95	95	since the War of 1812, including Telesforo Trinidad, the
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99	99	only member of the Armed Forces to receive a Medal of
100	100	Honor for actions in peacetime;
101	101	Whereas women and members of minority groups have served
102	102	in every military role, from infantry soldier to cyber war-
103	103	fare engineer;
104	104	Whereas the United States is proud of and appreciates the
105	105	service of all women veterans and minority veterans who
106	106	have demonstrated great courage and commitment to de-
107	107	fending the principles upon which the United States was
108	108	founded and which the United States continues to up-
109	109	hold; and
110	110	Whereas, by naming new or undedicated facilities of the De-
111	111	partment of Veterans Affairs for women veterans and mi-
112	112	nority veterans, the House of Representatives could—
113	113	(1) highlight the historic and enduring presence of
114	114	women and members of minority groups in the Armed
115	115	Forces and the National Guard; and
116	116	(2) pay respect to women veterans and minority vet-
117	117	erans for their valiant service and sacrifice on behalf of
118	118	the United States: Now, therefore, be it
119	119	Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports 1
120	120	the naming of new or undedicated facilities of the Depart-2
121	121	ment of Veterans Affairs after women veterans and minor-3
122	122	ity veterans in order to reflect the diversity of all who have 4
123	123	served in the Armed Forces of the United States. 5
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