[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 4277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            K9S FOR WARRIORS

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize K9s for Warriors, 
a remarkable Florida organization that is providing therapeutic service 
dogs for veterans suffering from issues like posttraumatic stress 
disorder, PTSD.
  One in five of our heroes returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan 
have PTSD, a tragic epidemic that can disrupt the transition to 
civilian life and often causes the loss of hope, damage to family 
relationships, or harm to themselves and others.
  Since its inception, K9s for Warriors has provided over 100 therapy 
dogs to veterans, at no cost to the veterans, teaching, certifying, 
housing, and feeding each warrior as they learn to train the dog to 
address their specific disabilities and assist in mitigating 
posttraumatic stress.
  K9s for Warriors is not only healing invisible disorders and putting 
suffering veterans on the path to recovery, but it is also giving new 
hope to the heroes and their families who put their lives on the line 
to defend ours.

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