[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 5900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CELEBRATING THE REINSTATEMENT OF MILITARY BURIAL HONORS TO THE WASP

  (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, as the sponsor of the bill that 
awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the Women Airforce Service 
Pilots, known as WASP, I applaud the passage by the House and Senate of 
legislation that will reinstate burial rights at Arlington National 
Cemetery to these women pioneers.
  I would like to congratulate my dear friend and colleague 
Congresswoman Martha McSally, sitting right in front of me, the first 
woman pilot in the U.S. Air Force to fly combat missions, who led this 
effort.
  I am humbled to represent a diverse south Florida community, home to 
some of these women trailblazers, like Ruth Shafer Fleisher, Shirley 
Kruse, and Bee Haydu, as well as the late Frances Rohrer Sargent and 
Helen Wyatt Snapp. I am so glad that we helped to bring them back their 
right to lay at Arlington Cemetery if they wish to do so.
  I am truly honored, Mr. Speaker, to have joined Congresswoman 
McSally, and I thank those who joined us in this valiant effort.

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