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For Immediate Release |
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Contact: Murat Gokcigdem |
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Phone: (202) 225-8885 |
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November 9, 2007 |
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CONGRESSWOMAN EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON THANKS VETERANS FOR SACRIFICE AND SERVICE
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Recognizes 53rd annual Veterans Day
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Washington, D.C. - November 11th is a national holiday honoring the lives and sacrifices of our country’s veterans. In light of the significance of Veterans Day, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson issued the following statement on the House floor:
"Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tribute to this nation's veterans, a distinguished group of Americans which I am so proud to be associated with.
Prior to my election to public office, it was my privilege to work on behalf of veterans for more than 15 years as a chief psychiatric nurse at the Dallas VA Hospital Day Treatment Center.
Our 25 million living veterans need Congress' continued support for health care and compensation for those with service-connected disabilities. Educational support, counseling, and employment-assistance programs for those readjusting to civilian life also must be sustained. These programs and others to assist the survivors of those who made the ultimate sacrifice, help acknowledge a debt we can never truly repay.
We cannot hide from the fact that close to 25 percent of our nation’s homeless consists of veterans, many of whom suffer from chronic mental illnesses. It is estimated that over 10,000 Iraq and Afghan veterans suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. We also cannot ignore that the unemployment rates among service-connected disabled and recently discharged veterans remain unacceptably high.
I will proudly join millions of North Texans to honor our veterans on November 11th - many of those just returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The legacy of veterans who long ago returned from Europe, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, and all those brave men and women who served elsewhere during peacetime remain in our collective consciousness and hearts on this day of remembrance."
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U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which, includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Oak Lawn, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, & South Oak Cliff; all of Balch Springs, DeSoto, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Cedar Hill, Duncanville, Ferris, Glenn Heights and Ovilla.
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