[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S.J. Res. 109 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. J. RES. 109

               Relating to the City of Pueblo, Colorado.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 1 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

    Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Boren, Mr. Brown, Mr. Burns, Mr. 
Durenberger, and Mr. Levin) introduced the following joint resolution; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                            JOINT RESOLUTION


 
               Relating to the City of Pueblo, Colorado.

Whereas the medal of honor is the highest military award that may be awarded and 
        presented to a member of the Armed Forces of the United States;
Whereas the medal of honor is awarded and presented by the President in the name 
        of Congress;
Whereas the City of Pueblo, Colorado, is the only city in the United States that 
        is the home of four recipients of the medal of honor;
Whereas, during a presentation of the medal of honor to Raymond G. Murphy on 
        October 27, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized the 
        uniqueness of Pueblo, Colorado, in being the home of that number of such 
        recipients by stating: ``What is it . . . something in the water out 
        there in Pueblo? All you guys turn out to be heroes.'';
Whereas the residents of Pueblo, Colorado, take great pride in the service of 
        the people of the city in the Armed Forces; and
Whereas July 4, 1993, has been designated by the residents of Pueblo, Colorado, 
        as the date on which to honor such service and to honor, William J. 
        Crawford, Carl L. Sitter, Raymond G. Murphy, and Drew Dennis Dix, the 
        medal of honor recipients for whom the city is home: Now, therefore, be 
        it
    Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress--
            (1) recognizes William J. Crawford, Carl L. Sitter, Raymond 
        G. Murphy, and Drew Dennis Dix, of the City of Pueblo, 
        Colorado, for being recipients of the medal of honor;
            (2) congratulates Pueblo, Colorado, on being the home of 
        four recipients of the medal of honor; and
            (3) recognizes Pueblo, Colorado, as the ``Home of Heroes''.

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