[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7429]
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  SA 2703. Ms. MURKOWSKI (for Mrs. Gillibrand) proposed an amendment to 
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''; as follows:

        Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
     following:

     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 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'' or the ``Margaret Cochran Corbin VA 
     Campus''.
       (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.

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