[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 946 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 946

Recognizing the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center on its 75th 
                              anniversary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 29, 2008

    Mr. Kuhl of New York (for himself and Mr. Arcuri) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans' 
                                Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Recognizing the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center on its 75th 
                              anniversary.

Whereas the Federal Board of Hospitalization selected Canandaigua, New York, as 
        the site for a Veterans Administration Hospital in 1929;
Whereas the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center (``VAMC'') officially 
        opened on February 6, 1933, with the arrival by train of 202 patients 
        from Northport, New York, and 22 from Lyons, New Jersey;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC has introduced significant advances in the 
        psychiatric treatment of hospitalized veterans since 1933, including the 
        introduction of insulin treatment;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC became affiliated with the University of Rochester 
        Medical School following World War II, thereby fostering increased 
        community involvement within the hospital;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC introduced the open hospital concept during the 
        1950s, providing patients with increased freedom and greater 
        responsibility for their own care and rehabilitation;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC became a member of the Veterans Integrated Service 
        Network during the 1990s, shifting to an outpatient model of care with 
        refined and specialized facilities;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC was designated a Mental Health Center of Excellence 
        in 2005, advancing research for mental health issues affecting many 
        veterans;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC opened a National Suicide Prevention Hot Line in 
        2007, to provide continuous national assistance for veterans from mental 
        health professionals at Canandaigua;
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC employs 755 Full Time Equivalent Employees, who 
        have honorably and wholeheartedly devoted themselves to serving our 
        nation's bravest heroes; and
Whereas the Canandaigua VAMC continues to offer a full continuum of services to 
        our Nation's veterans: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the United States House of Representatives 
recognizes the Canandaigua Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 75 years 
of outstanding, dedicated service to our Nation's veterans, who have 
put their lives on the line and served their country with honor.
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