[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9366]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     BRING OUR AMERICAN HEROES HOME

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, I teamed up 
with Congressman Gerry Connolly of Virginia to introduce a resolution 
to ensure that future trade partners with the United States are active 
in the recovery efforts of our POWs and MIAs.
  Mr. Speaker, as the father of an injured Army soldier, I thank God 
every day that my son returned home safely, and it pains me to know 
that there are still brave men and women who have not been recovered. 
This bipartisan resolution makes it clear that we as Americans take the 
promises we make to our servicemembers and their families very 
seriously, and we are hopeful that future trade partners will become 
partners in our ongoing recovery efforts.
  Mr. Speaker, according to the Department of Defense, more than 80,000 
American citizens who served in the Vietnam war, the Korean war, and 
World War II are still missing in action, and I will not rest until all 
of our men and women are returned home. These American heroes deserve 
no less.
  I strongly urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support 
H. Res. 56.

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