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“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of H. Res. 413 and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Massachusetts? There was no objection. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 413 Whereas June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of the day the United States launched the assault at Normandy, France, alongside troops of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Free France, known as ``Operation Overlord''; Whereas the D-Day landing was the largest single amphibious assault in history; Whereas an attack by Nazi E-boats during a series of large- scale rehearsals conducted in preparation for D-Day, known as Exercise Tiger, resulted in at least 749 American servicemen deaths; Whereas soldiers of 6 divisions, including 3 from the United States, 2 from the United Kingdom with troops from Free France, and 1 from Canada, stormed ashore in 5 main landing areas on beaches in Normandy, code-named ``Utah'', ``Omaha'', ``Gold'', ``Juno'', and ``Sword''; Whereas approximately 10,000 Allied casualties were incurred on the first day of the landing, with more than 6,000 being members of the United States Armed Forces; Whereas over the course of Operation Overlord, the Allies managed to land more than 2,000,000 men…”