[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 309 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 309

Commending Armed Forces medical personnel for their outstanding care of 
                           combat casualties.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 18, 2005

Ms. Bean (for herself, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Evans, Mr. Murtha, Mr. Simmons, 
 Mr. Lynch, Mr. Hinchey, Mrs. McCarthy, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Van Hollen, 
  Mr. McDermott, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Snyder, Mrs. Davis of 
 California, Mr. Reyes, Mr. Etheridge, Mr. Butterfield, Mrs. Maloney, 
Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. Miller 
of North Carolina, Mrs. Capps, Mr. Lantos, Mr. Waxman, Mr. Rahall, Mr. 
  Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Tanner, Mrs. Tauscher, Mr. Edwards, Mr. 
Hoyer, Mr. Israel, Ms. Harman, Mr. Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. 
 Holden, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Higgins, Ms. Woolsey, 
Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Brown 
  of Ohio, Mr. Emanuel, Mr. Sherman, Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania, Mrs. 
  Christensen, Mr. Rothman, Mr. Doyle, Mr. Pallone, Ms. Herseth, Ms. 
Schwartz of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kind, Mr. Boyd, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Feeney, 
   Mr. Schiff, Ms. Linda T. Sanchez of California, Mr. Matheson, Mr. 
   Costello, Mr. Markey, Mr. Cleaver, and Mr. Barrow) submitted the 
following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Commending Armed Forces medical personnel for their outstanding care of 
                           combat casualties.

Whereas the Armed Forces have a distinguished history of providing excellent and 
        prompt medical care to Americans wounded on the battlefield and have 
        long been world leaders in emergency medicine and medical innovation;
Whereas combat casualty care is provided by members of the Army, Navy, and Air 
        Force, serving as corpsmen and medics on the frontlines; surgeons, 
        nurses, and specialists aboard hospital ships and at forward surgical 
        stations, combat support hospitals, and theater hospitals; crewmembers 
        of transport aircraft; and staff at hospitals located within the United 
        States providing medical, therapeutic, and rehabilitative care;
Whereas military medicine is an indispensable part of ensuring military 
        readiness by maintaining and, when necessary, repairing the most 
        important component of our military--the American service member;
Whereas Armed Forces medical personnel contribute to the morale of members of 
        the Armed Forces and their families by ensuring that if members of the 
        Armed Forces are injured or fall ill while they are deployed, they will 
        receive the best medical care the United States can offer;
Whereas more than 91 percent of casualties in Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
        Operation Enduring Freedom have survived their wounds and fewer than 1.5 
        percent of wounded personnel have died after receiving some level of 
        medical care--the best survival rates of any conflict in United States 
        history;
Whereas the combat casualty care provided by Armed Forces medical personnel has 
        saved hundreds of lives in Iraq and Afghanistan through state-of-the-art 
        technology, forward-deployed surgical units and hospitals, rapid 
        patient-transportation and aeromedical evacuation, and the skill and 
        compassion of care providers serving on the frontlines and in hospitals 
        at home;
Whereas forward care is integrated with a responsive and specialized evacuation 
        system that quickly transports patients to higher levels of care in the 
        theater of operations, to facilities in Germany, and on to the United 
        States, often within 48 hours of the injury; and
Whereas Armed Forces medical personnel are as essential a component to United 
        States defense and military success as those members of the Armed Forces 
        who serve in combat units: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That Congress--
            (1) commends all current and former Armed Forces medical 
        personnel for their service and dedication to the United States 
        and their outstanding care of members of the Armed Forces who 
        are injured in combat; and
            (2) reaffirms its commitment to supporting Armed Forces 
        medical personnel by providing the best training and equipment 
        available, so that they can continue to provide the best 
        possible care to members of the Armed Forces who are injured in 
        combat.
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