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“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about H.R. 5023, which names the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Youngstown, Ohio, as the Carl Nunziato VA Clinic. This bill was recommended to my office and strongly supported by leaders within my congressional district's veterans community because they rightly wish to honor one of their own for his exemplary service. I thank them and Chairman Mark Takano, Ranking Member Dr. Phil Roe, and their respective staffs for helping our office bring this bill to the floor, as well as my own staff, Zach Prager and Ivan De La Cruz Santiago. Today is a red-letter day, Mr. Speaker, in my book because in the midst of all that is going on nationally, all the controversies, Congress can still put its differences aside to take time and recognize a true American hero: Carl Nunziato. Carl was born in Youngstown, Ohio, in 1938, graduating from Rayen High School. After marrying his high school sweetheart, Clara, he would go on to attend college at Youngstown State University. Through the university's Reserve Officer Training Corps program, Carl earned a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army. It was with his heart filled with love and devotion to his family, his hometown, and his country that he set off for the battlefields of Vietnam. All those who served with Carl testify to his unmatched fighting spirit.…”