Posts Tagged ‘House Armed Services Committee’

Actor known for his military roles lobbies for bill on naming of Marine department

Monday, February 8th, 2010
By Roxana Tiron - 02/06/10 09:05 AM ET
Taken from The Hill

The actor who played the drill sergeant in “Full Metal Jacket” is coming to Washington, D.C., next week to lobby Congress to pass a long-stalled bill.

R. Lee Ermey is the national spokesman for a growing grassroots effort behind legislation sponsored by Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) that would rename the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.

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JONES BILL TO GIVE MARINE CORPS EQUAL STATUS IN DEPARTMENT NAME GAINS 362 COSPONSORS

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Legislation Would Redesignate Department of the Navy as Department of the Navy & Marine Corps

WASHINGTON, D.C. – H.R. 24 – legislation introduced in January by Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) to re-designate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps – has gained 362 cosponsors in the U.S. House of Representatives. H.R. 24 has more cosponsors than any other bill or resolution to be introduced in the House this year, except for one.
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