Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) encouraged all Third Congressional District students to participate in the annual “Valentines for Veterans” drive by creating hand-made Valentines for former and current members of the armed forces. Last year, 19 area public and private schools, including one home school group, participated in the Valentines for Veterans program. “These students love the opportunity each year to say ‘thank you’ for something we all love and value so much - our...
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Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) released the following statement in the wake of reports that the VA Hospital dental clinic in St. Louis potentially exposed over 1,800 patients to life-threatening diseases, like HIV and Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, among other things, with dirty equipment. A 29-year Air Force veteran, Johnson served in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Johnson spent nearly seven years as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam, more than half of that time in solitary co...
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Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) announced the names of 13 outstanding young men in the Third Congressional District who accepted appointments from the U.S. Air Force, Naval, Military and Merchant Marine Academies. Johnson congratulated the students personally at a private meeting over the weekend. “Over the next four years, these men will study hard and excel in training. Upon graduation, each will join the premier military in the world, fighting to defend and uphold our nat...
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Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation authored by U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) to honor the heroic veterans of the Korean War. June 25, 2010 marks 60 years since communist North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea sparking the start of the Korean War. “Today marks a new milestone for those who fought in the Forgotten War. Today the United States Congress recognizes the importance of their service and reaffirms our long-standing commitment to freedom and the...
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Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) encouraged Texans to send “Holiday Mail for Heroes” by the December 7th deadline. Created by the Red Cross, Holiday Mail for Heroes allows people to mail Christmas cards and personal greetings to soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines overseas and at home as well as veterans and family members of deployed active-duty military members. The Red Cross will work with Pitney Bowes to screen all mail for security purposes and then deliver the greetin...
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In an effort to help National Guard and Reserve physicians maintain their practices during lengthy overseas deployments, members on both sides of the aisle and in both houses of Congress introduced legislation today that would exempt physicians serving in the Armed Forces overseas from a Medicare law that currently places a 60 day restriction on the amount of time one physician can fill in for a colleague on a leave of absence. This limit creates serious hardship for physicians in the National Guard and Reserves, who are absent from their practices for longer than 60 days when they are called for active duty.
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On the 57th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, U.S. Senator Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) today introduced bipartisan legislation to grant a federal charter to the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA), a non-profit fraternal veterans’ organization.
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Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) announced the 13 Third District priorities for which he requested federal funding in the congressional money allocating process, known as appropriations. Under the Appropriations Committee, there are 12 Appropriations Subcommittees charged with distributing federal dollars to each of the 435 congressional districts. This week the Congress started debate on various appropriations bills and will continue to do so for several weeks, if not months.
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Today U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3rd Dist.-Texas) presented a long-overdue Purple Heart to McKinney Vietnam veteran, Alfredo “Al” Coy. Johnson presented the medal for wounds suffered in combat, the Purple Heart, at a private ceremony before close family and friends in the Congressman’s Texas District Office in Richardson. Coy earned the medal in March 1971, but never received it.
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I’ve been watching with great interest the news reports about an alleged terrorist plot against U.S. soldiers in Fort. Dix, N.J. and planned in nearby Cherry Hill, a bedroom community outside Philadelphia.
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