[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11990]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING MAPLE GROVE BEYOND THE YELLOW RIBBON

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I stand today to commend and to 
congratulate the city of Maple Grove for becoming Minnesota's newest 
Beyond the Yellow Ribbon community. The combined efforts of Maple 
Grove, the people and businesses of its community, and the Minnesota 
National Guard have helped ensure that our military members and their 
families have a strong support structure at home in their community.
  Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a unique program formed by the Minnesota 
National Guard to support the thousands of servicemembers who have 
served Minnesota since 9/11. It provides resources and training to 
servicemembers and their families before, during, and after their 
deployment, helping them find jobs and integrate back into their 
community.
  As a Yellow Ribbon city, Maple Grove has gone above and beyond in 
supporting our troops and delivering a compassionate attitude to the 
many men and women who serve this great country, ensuring that our 
military members, when they come home, they come all the way home.

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