WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Deb Fischer issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE) spoke on the Senate floor to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the North Platte Canteen. She also urged her colleagues to support her North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act. The bill would award the Congressional Gold Medal (https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2025/2/fischer-smith-lead-delegation-in-reintroducing-bill-to-honor-north-platte-canteen-volunteers) to the collective individuals and communities who volunteered or donated food and other items to the North Platte Canteen in North Platte, Nebraska, during World War II.
Fischer's Senate floor speech as prepared for delivery:
M. President,
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