Washington, Oct. 16 -- Congresswoman Debbie Dingell issued the following press release:
U.S. Representatives Debbie Dingell (D-MI-06), Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-07), and Wesley Bell (D-MO-01) introduced the U.S.S. Doris Miller Act and the Department of Defense Renaming Integrity and Ethics (DORIE) Act. These two pieces of legislation would honor the legacy of Mess Attendant Third Class Doris "Dorie" Miller and ensure that the Navy aircraft carrier currently under construction retains his name.
The U.S.S. Doris Miller Act would express the sense of Congress regarding the naming of a naval aircraft carrier in Miller's honor. Miller famously manned an anti-aircraft gun during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II, despite having never been tra...