[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 105 (Monday, July 22, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H4841-H4842]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING MAPLE GROVE BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to commend and to 
congratulate the city of Maple Grove for becoming Minnesota's newest 
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon community. The combined efforts of Maple 
Grove, the people and

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businesses of its community, and the Minnesota National Guard have 
helped ensure that our military members and their families have a 
strong support structure at home in their community.
  Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a unique program formed by the Minnesota 
National Guard to support the thousands of servicemembers who have 
served Minnesota since 9/11. It provides resources and training to 
servicemembers and their families before, during, and after their 
deployment, helping them find jobs and integrate back into their 
community.
  As a Yellow Ribbon city, Maple Grove has gone above and beyond in 
supporting our troops and delivering a compassionate attitude to the 
many men and women who serve this great country, ensuring that our 
military members, when they come home, they come all the way home.

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