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WASHINGTON — Speaker Johnson today announced a bipartisan Congressional Delegation traveling to Belgium and Luxembourg to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge. On Friday, December 13 and Saturday, December 14, the delegation will take part in observances of the anniversary along with veterans and their families, active duty servicemembers, government and military officials and foreign dignitaries. 

“In the early hours of December 16, 1944, 80 years ago, Nazi Germany waged a surprise attack against the Allied powers. Now known as the deadliest battle fought by the United States in the entire war, the Battle of the Bulge exemplified the tenacity and determination of U.S. and Allied forces who were willing to sacrifice everything in service of total victory over the Nazis,” Speaker Johnson said. It is my honor to host this Congressional delegation to the site of the Battle of the Bulge and join the world in celebrating the heroic contributions of the young men who fought and died on the battlefield and ultimately changed the course of human history.”

The Members of the Congressional Delegation are:

1. The Honorable Michael McCaul, Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2. The Honorable Gary Palmer, Chair, House Republican Policy Committee
3. The Honorable Mike Bost, Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
4. The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker Emerita
5. The Honorable Mark Takano, Ranking Member, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
6. The Honorable Joe Wilson
7. The Honorable Salud Carbajal
8. The Honorable Neal Dunn
9. The Honorable Lloyd Smucker
10. The Honorable John Joyce
11. The Honorable Andrew Clyde
12. The Honorable Scott Fitzgerald
13. The Honorable Scott Franklin
14. The Honorable Mariannette Miller-Meeks
15. The Honorable Thomas Kean Jr. 
16. The Honorable Nathaniel Moran
17. The Honorable Keith Self
18. The Honorable Derrick Van Orden

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