,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #egi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,september #bd1     
#bjai,ms4 ,brownley of ,california      
submitted the following resolution2     
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,reform  ,,resolution    
,expressing the sense of the ,congress  
that a commemorative postage stamp      
series should be issued honoring women  
veterans1 and that the ,citizens' ,stamp
 ,advisory ,committee should recommend  
to the ,postmaster ,general that such a 
stamp series be issued4  ,whereas there 
are approximately two million women     
veterans living in the ,united ,states1 
who have served their ,nation with honor
 and distinction1 yet their service is  
often forgotten and they become         
invisible veterans2 ,whereas such women 
have made invaluable contributions since
 the ,american ,revolution2 ,whereas    
,deborah ,sampson of ,massachusetts and 
,margaret ,corbin of ,new ,york1 served 
during the ,american ,revolution and    

were wounded in combat1 and ,congress   
granted both pioneering women pensions  
for their service2 ,whereas ,dr4 ,mary  
,edwards ,walker served as a surgeon    
during the ,american ,civil ,war1 and is
 the only woman to date to have been    
awarded the ,medal of ,honor2 ,whereas  
,cathy ,williams1 who was born a slave1 
enlisted in the ,united ,states ,regular
 ,army disguised as a man and served in 
the ,american ,west for three years2    
,whereas ,lenah ,sutcliffe ,higbee1 a   
,navy ,nurse who served during ,world   
,war ,i1 was the first woman to receive 
the ,navy ,cross2 ,whereas ,hazel ,lee1 
the first ,asian-,american woman to     
become a military pilot1 flew with      
,women ,airforce ,service ,pilots       
7,w,a,s,ps7 during ,world ,war ,,ii2    
,whereas eight women gave their lives   
serving in ,vietnam1 including #ast     
,lieutenant ,sharon ,ann ,lane1 #bnd    
,lieutenant ,pamela ,dorothy ,donovan1  
,lieutenant ,colonel ,annie ,ruth       
,graham1 ,captain ,amy ,therese         

,klinkers1 #bnd ,lieutenant ,carol ,ann 
,elizabeth ,drazba1 #bnd ,lieutenant    
,elizabeth ,ann ,jones1 ,capt4 ,eleanor 
,grace ,alexander1 and #ast ,lieutenant 
,hedwig ,diane ,orowski2 ,whereas       
,specialist ,lori ,piestewa1 a member of
 the ,hopi ,tribe1 was the first        
,native-,american woman in history to   
die in combat while serving in the      
,united ,states military and the first  
woman in the ,united ,states military   
killed in ,operation ,iraqi ,freedom2   
,whereas #ast ,lieutenant ,ashley ,white
 and ,captain ,jennifer ,moreno1 both   
soldiers and ,cultural ,support ,team   
members1 gave their lives for our       
,nation serving in action alongside the 
special operations forces they supported
 in ,afghanistan2 ,whereas ,united      
,states ,navy ,senior ,chief ,petty     
,officer ,shannon ,kent1 cryptologic    
technician1 wife1 and mother1 was killed
 in action in ,manbij1 ,syria2 and      
,whereas these women warriors and       
millions of others should be honored for

 their service and recognized for their 
important contributions to this ,nation3
 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that it is the
 sense of the ,house of ,representatives
 that-- 7#a7 the ,united ,states ,postal
 ,service should issue a commemorative  
postage stamp series honoring women     
veterans2 and  7#b7 the ,citizens'      
,stamp ,advisory ,committee should      
recommend to the ,postmaster ,general   
that such a stamp series be issued4