[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 17926-17927]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        KOREAN WAR BILL CHARTER

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)

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  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Madam Speaker, this past Monday on the 57th 
anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer 
and I introduced legislation to rightfully honor Korean War veterans 
with a national charter. The charter pays no money but gives veterans 
leverage when dealing with the VA.
  It is about time those who served in the Korean War enjoy the same 
mark of distinction and national recognition as those who came home 
from World War II. Some have dubbed the Korean War the ``forgotten 
war'' or even ``the war that America forgot to remember.''
  You know, I was in that war, and so were at least two of our 
colleagues, Charlie Rangel and John Conyers, and I think that it is 
kind of ridiculous that we haven't given them the recognition they 
deserve. I flew over 62 combat missions in Korea, and I can't think of 
a better way to honor our patriots who served in Korea.
  I urge my colleagues to cosponsor our bill, H.R. 2852, to give the 
Korean War Veterans Association a national charter.

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