[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 147 (Wednesday, September 5, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H7864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        THANKING THE USO FOR ITS COMMITMENT TO MILITARY SPOUSES

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, the USO was on Capitol 
Hill earlier today for a service project where volunteers assembled 
care packages for spouses of servicemembers who are currently deployed.
  In May, the USO kicked off the Salute to Military Spouses, a 6-month 
spotlight on the contributions and challenges of our military spouses. 
This campaign aims to raise public awareness of these unsung heroes.
  The USO strengthens America's military servicemembers by keeping them 
connected to family, home, and country through their service to the 
Nation. For more than 75 years, the USO has been by the side of 
America's military servicemembers and their families, too.
  There are USO centers at or near military installations across the 
United States and throughout the world, including in combat zones and 
even un-staffed USO service sites in places too dangerous for anyone 
but combat troops to occupy.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the USO for its dedication to our servicemembers 
and their families. I salute our Nation's military spouses; and I thank 
them for their dedication to their family and also this country.

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