[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 399 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 399

  Honoring the sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces who are also 
  mothers and the support provided by mothers of members of the Armed 
 Forces and mothers who are the spouse of members of the Armed Forces.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 4, 2009

 Mr. Israel submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces who are also 
  mothers and the support provided by mothers of members of the Armed 
 Forces and mothers who are the spouse of members of the Armed Forces.

Whereas women comprise more than 15 percent of the United States Armed Forces;
Whereas almost 41 percent of the women serving in the Armed Forces have 
        children, and this statistic includes members who are single mothers and 
        mothers married to other members of the Armed Forces;
Whereas almost 213,000 female members of the Armed Forces have been deployed in 
        Iraq or Afghanistan or elsewhere overseas in support of the Global War 
        on Terror;
Whereas mothers who are married to members of the Armed Forces are left as the 
        sole parent with the children during the overseas deployment of their 
        spouse; and
Whereas the mothers of members of the Armed Forces provide emotional support and 
        love to their children in uniform, especially when they are serving in 
        harm's way: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends the service and honors the sacrifice of the 
        approximately 147,000 members of the Armed Forces who are also 
        mothers;
            (2) recognizes the support provided by mothers of members 
        of the Armed Forces and by mothers who are the spouse of 
        members of the Armed Forces; and
            (3) recognizes that Americans owe a tremendous debt for the 
        service, patriotism, and fidelity of military mothers, mothers 
        of members of the Armed Forces, and military spouses given 
        their unique sacrifices and challenges in the service of the 
        United States.
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