[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9494]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING OUR TROOPS ON MEMORIAL DAY

  (Mr. ALTMIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. ALTMIRE. Mr. Speaker, as we prepare to commemorate Memorial Day, 
it's appropriate for us to look back at a few ways this Congress, in 
just the past year and a half, has worked to ensure that this Nation 
keeps its promise to our Nation's military veterans.
  We expanded the new GI Bill college benefits to the children of all 
troops fallen since September 11, 2001. We passed landmark legislation 
for wounded veterans by providing help for family members and other 
caregivers and eliminating copayments for severely wounded veterans. 
Since 2007, we've increased funding for veterans health care by 60 
percent, including the largest single-year increase in the 80-year 
history of the VA.
  While we have accomplished a great deal to repay the men and women in 
uniform for their service, we still have more to do. Let us use the 
occasion of this Memorial Day weekend to remember those who made the 
ultimate sacrifice and recommit ourselves to continuing to fight for 
the troops that have fought for us.

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