[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1777-S1778]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 399--EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE AMERICAN GI FORUM

  Mr. CORNYN submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
the Committee on Veterans' Affairs:

                              S. Res. 399

       Whereas millions of Hispanic veterans returning home from 
     World War II were segregated from other veterans groups and 
     wrongfully denied services by the United States Department of 
     Veterans Affairs;
       Whereas in response to such inequities, Hector P. Garcia, a 
     United States Army veteran and physician from Corpus Christi, 
     Texas, founded the American GI Forum (AGIF) on March 26, 
     1948;
       Whereas the motto of AGIF is ``Education is our Freedom and 
     Freedom Should be Everybody's Business'';
       Whereas in 1998, AGIF was granted a Federal charter 
     pursuant to an Act of Congress (Public Law 105-231);
       Whereas one of the purposes stated in the AGIF charter is 
     ``fostering and enlarging equal educational opportunities, 
     equal economic opportunities, equal justice under the law, 
     and equal political opportunities for all United States 
     citizens, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, or 
     national origin'';
       Whereas the flagship Veterans Service Center of the AGIF 
     National Veterans Outreach Program is based in San Antonio, 
     Texas, and provides a ``continuum of care'' to veterans in 
     need, including employment training, counseling, and a 
     homeless veterans reintegration program;
       Whereas the AGIF Residential Center for Homeless Veterans 
     has 80 transitional beds and 60 single-room apartments 
     dedicated to the needs of our Nation's homeless veterans;
       Whereas AGIF is now the largest Federally-chartered 
     Hispanic veterans organization in the United States, with 
     chapters in 40 States and Puerto Rico; and
       Whereas AGIF continues to be a beacon of hope and an avenue 
     for community involvement for returning veterans: Now, 
     therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--

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       (1) supports and commends the mission, goals, and ideals of 
     the American GI Forum and its members; and
       (2) encourages others to join with the American GI Forum to 
     ensure that veterans are never again denied the benefits they 
     have earned through their service.

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