[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING GENERAL WILLIAM H. GOURLEY WITH HEALTH CLINIC BEARING HIS NAME

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bill to name the 
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense joint 
clinic to be constructed in my district the William H. Gourley Federal 
Outpatient Clinic: A Joint VA-DOD Health Care Facility.
  General Gourley was fond of championing his own special commandments, 
his own 10 Golden Rules. His 10th Golden Rule was: make a better Army 
and Corps for your subordinates to inherit. In his 36 years of service, 
General Gourley did just that.
  Whether sharing MREs in Germany with Private Elvis Presley or serving 
at the Pentagon on the staff for the Joint Chiefs alongside General 
Colin Powell, General Gourley worked tirelessly to improve the lives of 
men and women in the United States military. Even in his retirement, 
the general's vision was to build a health care center on the site of 
the former Fort Ord that would serve both the needs of Active Duty and 
retired military personnel.
  As we prepare to break ground at this new facility, it is only 
fitting that the joint clinic bear the name of the man who inspired its 
creation.

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