[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3378]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    THE DISTINGUISHED WARFARE MEDAL

  (Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Recently, the Pentagon proposed a new 
medal, the Distinguished Warfare Medal, to recognize those members of 
the armed services who operate the drones, which serve on vital 
missions over war areas. That's a good thing. However, they've also 
recommended that it take precedence over and be rated above the Bronze 
Star and the Purple Heart.
  It is of great concern to a number of us in the House that this has 
taken place because we believe that those who fight and have the wounds 
of battle should have their medals take precedence over them.
  I ask all Members to be in support of H.R. 833 and to sign on as 
cosponsors so that we can correct this problem and work together to 
make sure that the Bronze Star and Purple Heart are kept in their 
rightful order of medals, because these things do matter to our 
military.

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