[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 100 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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     RECOGNIZING THE RUSSELLVILLE, ARKANSAS VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC

 Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, it is my privilege to recognize the 
patriots and healers that work at the Central Arkansas Veterans 
Healthcare System's Russellville Community Based Outpatient Clinic. 
Those exceptional men and women have honored President Lincoln's famous 
admonition: ``to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for 
his widow, and his orphan.''
  The clinic's nurses and doctors care for over 2,300 veterans in the 
area and facilitate 14,000 appointments each year. Since it opened 13 
years ago, this place of healing has treated and restored the health of 
tens of thousands of veterans and their family members. As important as 
the quantity of patients they serve is the quality of the service these 
caregivers provide. And the Russellville clinic is renowned for showing 
their patients the respect and attention that veterans deserve.
  One patient, 98-year-old World War II veteran Jock Davis, was so 
grateful for the Russellville clinic's professional and diligent care, 
that he is helping organize a June 23 ceremony thanking the employees. 
I join my fellow Arkansans in gratitude for this clinic and its 
selfless public servants.
  The employees at the Russellville clinic are fulfilling a sacred 
covenant between the Nation and its veterans. Every man and woman in 
uniform who serves our country should know that when they return to 
civilian life, they will be cared for and honored by the Nation they 
sacrificed to defend.
  The doctors and nurses of Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare 
System's Russellville Community Based Outpatient Clinic are making our 
State and country proud. God bless them, God bless our veterans, and 
God bless the United States of America.

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