House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Introduces “Year of the Military Family” Resolution

House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Introduces “Year of the Military Family” Resolution
Ike Skelton, Chairman
For Immediate Release: February 25, 2009

Skelton Introduces “Year of the Military Family” Resolution

Washington, DC – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) introduced legislation today which would urge the President to designate 2009 as the “Year of the Military Family.” H. Con. Res. 60 has 50 original cosponsors.

“There are more than 2.9 million family members of Active Duty and Reserve Component forces whose support makes possible their loved ones’ military service. Military families often face unique challenges, particularly when family members are deployed away from home. Our resolution calls upon the President to designate 2009 as the ‘Year of the Military Family’ to express appreciation and recognize the contributions military families’ make for the benefit of our national security,” said Skelton.

A copy of the resolution and a list of cosponsors are attached.


ORIGINAL COSPONSORS OF H. CON. RES. 60, YEAR OF THE MILITARY FAMILY RESOLUTION

Ike Skelton (D-MO)
John McHugh (R-NY)
Susan Davis (D-CA)
Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Jeff Miller (R-FL)
Robert A. Brady (D-PA)
Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Robert E. Andrews (D-NJ)
Solomon P. Ortiz (D-TX)
Madeleine Bordallo (D-GU)
Henry “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
Gene Taylor (D-MS)
David Loebsack (D-IA)
Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Jim Marshall (D-GA)
Eric J. J. Massa (D-NY)
Adam Smith (D-WA)
John M. Spratt, Jr. (D-SC)
Joe Sestak (D-PA)
Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD)
Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Howard P. “Buck” McKeon (R-CA)
Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)
Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Walter Jones (R-NC)
W. Todd Akin (R-MO)
Patrick Murphy (D-PA)
K. Michael Conaway (R-TX)
Rick Larsen (D-WA)
Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ)
Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Kendrick B. Meek (D-FL)
Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Ellen O. Tauscher (D-CA)
Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD)
John Kline (R-MN)
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA)
Mike Coffman (R-CO)
Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
Duncan D. Hunter (R-CA)
Niki Tsongas (D-MA)
Mary Fallin (R-OK)
John Fleming (R-LA)
Thomas J. Rooney (R-FL)
Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
Jane Harman (D-CA)
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