Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I thank both of my friends for their kind remarks on my bill, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II…”

“I thank both of my friends for their kind remarks on my bill, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act. As my friend has just said, this is really an unusual bill because it came to me from a fifth grader. I am particularly pleased and proud to speak in favor of her bill, the Women Who Worked on the Home Front World War II Memorial Act. This is all her idea, including getting the funds for the memorial. This bill would authorize the establishment of a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia commemorating the efforts of the 18 million American women who kept the home front running during World War II. Madam Speaker, I thank Senators Tammy Duckworth, Marsha Blackburn, and Mike Braun for introducing the companion bill in the Senate. Last Congress, the House passed this non-controversial bill by a voice vote, and I am hoping for that result again in this House and in the Senate. As a teenager, Raya Kenney, the founder--and I emphasize ``founder'' for this very young woman--of the non-profit Women Who Worked on the Home Front Foundation--her own foundation--and my constituent, as she is, came up with the idea of a memorial to honor the women on the home front who supported World War II in its effort.…”