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As we celebrate Memorial Day, I’m thinking of all of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s servicemembers: those who laid down their lives in service to our nation, those who returned safely to their families but have since passed on, the veterans still with us and those on active duty.

All of them deserve recognition for defending the American experiment – a revolutionary pursuit of a society that guarantees equal opportunity, rights and freedoms for all. While we continue striving for those high ideals, these servicemembers fought, and many gave their lives, so the great experiment could carry on. We’re here today because they believed it was worth fighting for.

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This weekend, it is my solemn honor to celebrate the Memorial Day tradition with some of our local veterans’ organizations and express my gratitude for their service to our country. They deserve as much recognition as those who have gone before them, and I believe the best way to thank them is by taking real action to support them – especially after a difficult year.

I was proud to help pass the American Rescue Plan, which continues to ensure veterans are taken care of as they recover from this pandemic.

Read the full op-ed HERE.