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Mark Our Place Act

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 18, 2024
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. LUTTRELL. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Bost for yielding.

Madam Speaker, I am honored to be here today to speak on S. 3126, the Mark Our Place Act. I was proud to lead the House companion bill, H.R. 6507.

Under current law, VA is authorized to furnish or replace a headstone, grave marker, or medallion for only those Medal of Honor recipients who served on or after April 6, 1917.

The Mark Our Place Act would remove unnecessary red tape that prohibits VA from providing headstones with Medal of Honor markers to veterans buried in private cemeteries.

These veterans have risked everything to protect our freedoms, and honoring their service and sacrifice should be timeless. We must ensure that every recipient of our Nation's highest military decoration is recognized for their heroism.

Madam Speaker, I thank Senator Braun, Chairman Bost, and Ranking Member Takano for their leadership, and I urge my colleagues to support S. 3126.

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