[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 165 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H4732-H4733]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   MARGARET COCHRAN CORBIN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE 
                                 SYSTEM

  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 1925) to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York 
Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the 
``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care 
System'', and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 1925

       Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
     the United States of America in Congress assembled,

     SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK 
                   HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 
                   VETERANS AFFAIRS, NEW YORK.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County, 
     Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin 
     in 1772.
       (2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left 
     to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman, 
     Margaret Corbin accompanied him to war to support the 
     Revolutionary Army.
       (3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by 
     caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking 
     and cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband

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     load the cannon he was responsible for manning.
       (4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon 
     during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New 
     York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her 
     husband's place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by 
     enemy fire and seriously wounded.
       (5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin 
     was assigned to the ``Invalid Regiment'' at West Point, New 
     York.
       (6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a 
     lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman 
     to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of 
     military service for the United States.
       (7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New 
     York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the 
     Revolutionary War.
       (b) Designation.--The Manhattan Campus of the New York 
     Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs in New York, New York, shall after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
     ``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor 
     Health Care System''.
       (c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a 
     reference to the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New 
     York Harbor Health Care System.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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