[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    RECOGNIZING CAPTAIN MAYSAA OUZA

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                           HON. RASHIDA TLAIB

                              of michigan

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 31, 2023

  Ms. TLAIB. Mr. Speaker, today I want to recognize Air Force Captain 
Maysaa Ouza, a native of Dearborn in Michigan's 12th District Strong, a 
trailblazer for religious freedom and advocate on behalf of victims of 
crimes.
  Captain Ouza is a graduate of University of Michigan-Dearborn and the 
University of Toledo College of Law in Toledo, Ohio. She first became 
interested in serving in the U.S. Air Force in 2018. An Arab American 
woman who wears the hijab, Captain Ouza blazed the trail for those who 
would follow in her footsteps by successfully petitioning the Air Force 
to reconsider its nationwide policy regarding religious accommodations. 
She is the first Air Force judge advocate (JAG) to wear a hijab in 
uniform. Captain Ouza currently serves as a JAG officer at the Wright-
Patterson Air Force base in Dayton, Ohio, where she advocates on behalf 
of survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault.
  Please join me in recognizing Captain Maysaa Ouza, for her 
outstanding service, as we welcome her back to Dearborn, Michigan as 
the Grand Marshal of the City of Dearborn's ninety-seventh Memorial Day 
festivities.

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