[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 135 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H7705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       JACKIE WALORSKI VA CLINIC

  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 8656) to designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in Mishawaka, Indiana, as the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic'', 
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. 8656

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

     SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

       Congress finds the following:
       (1) Jackie Walorski was born August 17, 1963, in South 
     Bend, Indiana.
       (2) Jackie Walorski grew up in South Bend raised by her 
     parents, Martha, who worked at a local grocery store, and 
     Raymond, an Air Force veteran and firefighter who owned an 
     appliance store.
       (3) Jackie Walorski graduated from James Whitcomb Riley 
     High School in 1981 and is an alumna of Taylor University.
       (4) Upon her graduation, Jackie Walorski worked as a 
     reporter for a television station in South Bend and later 
     worked for local chapters of the Humane Society and Chamber 
     of Commerce as well as served as a development officer for 
     area universities.
       (5) In 2000, she and her husband Dean Swihart moved to 
     Romania and founded Impact International, a nonprofit 
     foundation that provided medical supplies and attention to 
     impoverished children while they served as missionaries there 
     for four years.
       (6) In 2004, she was elected to the Indiana House of 
     Representatives and subsequently reelected to that office 
     every two years where she served three full terms in office.
       (7) In 2012, she was elected to the United States House of 
     Representatives and subsequently reelected to that office 
     until her death in a tragic car accident in 2022.
       (8) During her service in the United States House of 
     Representatives, she was a passionate advocate for all her 
     constituents, but especially veterans in the area.
       (9) During her service in the United States House of 
     Representatives, she served on the Committee on Veterans' 
     Affairs for two terms, during that time authoring the 
     Veterans Mobility Safety Act of 2016 (Public Law 114-256).
       (10) In 2017, through her persistent advocacy for area 
     veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs completed 
     construction of a medical clinic in St. Joseph County, 
     Indiana, to meet the needs of Michiana area veterans.

     SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF JACKIE WALORSKI DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
                   AFFAIRS CLINIC.

       (a) Designation.--The clinic of the Department of Veterans 
     Affairs located in Mishawaka, Indiana, shall after the date 
     of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the 
     ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''.
       (b) References.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map, 
     document, paper, or other record of the United States to the 
     clinic referred to in subsection (a) shall be considered to 
     be a reference to the ``Jackie Walorski VA Clinic''.

  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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