[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11333]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       THANKING VIETNAM VETERANS

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, this last Wednesday, we took time out here 
in the Capitol to honor and remember our Vietnam veterans. This week 
was the 50th anniversary for the first deployment of our troops in 
Vietnam.
  A lot of times, it is a war that wasn't understood by the American 
people or appreciated. What is wrong about that is that our troops were 
not always appreciated for what they did for us. They did it without 
complaint, they did it with sacrifice, and they did it with honor. So 
for us here in the Capitol to finally come around to that ideal and 
honor them was a very good thing.
  For our Vietnam troops, we do appreciate you. We will do all we can 
to help you as you work through VA, as you work through Agent Orange. 
We know many of you are suffering these things, and you are not getting 
enough help from our Federal Government or that recognition.
  So in recognition of what happened here this week on the 50th 
anniversary of the first deployment, we say to our Vietnam veterans: 
Welcome home, and God bless you.

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