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Lawmaker urges Senate to approve National Medal of Honor monument bill
Summary
A lawmaker honored Medal of Honor recipients from Utah on National Medal of Honor Day and urged the Senate to pass the Herschel Woody Williams National Medal of Honor Monument Location Act after the House approved it 414-0.
A lawmaker on the House floor recognized National Medal of Honor Day and urged the Senate to approve legislation that would authorize a permanent National Medal of Honor monument on the National Mall.
The lawmaker opened the remarks by saying, “I rise today to recognize National Medal of Honor Day and the American heroes who have earned our highest military decoration,” and noted that more than 40,000,000 Americans have served in the U.S. armed forces since the Civil War while fewer than 4,000 have received the Medal of Honor.
The lawmaker highlighted recipients from his…
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