Raúl Grijalva: “there's no doubt that Dwight Eisenhower played a significant role in American history. His service as a military leader…”

“there's no doubt that Dwight Eisenhower played a significant role in American history. His service as a military leader, both during war and in peacetime, as our Nation's 34th President and as a statesman and a scholar are deserving of a memorial here in our Nation's capital. Plans to establish such a memorial, a site across the street from the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, are well underway. The commission established to oversee the memorial is now developing a design concept. Once the design is approved, the commission will oversee construction of the memorial. H.R. 2094, sponsored by our colleague from Kansas, Representative Dennis Moore, makes technical changes to the staff organization and administrative authority of the commission. These changes are necessary as the commission transitions from the planning phase to the construction phase. Representative Moore has worked very hard in this very difficult process to help get this memorial established. Thanks to his efforts, and those of the commission, future visitors to Washington will come away with a better understanding of President Eisenhower's place in American history.”