MARGARET COCHRAN CORBIN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 165
(House of Representatives - September 23, 2020)
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MARGARET COCHRAN CORBIN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK HARBOR HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM
Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs be discharged from further consideration of the
bill (H.R. 1925) to designate the Manhattan Campus of the New York
Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs as the
``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor Health Care
System'', and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
The Clerk read the title of the bill.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the
gentleman from California?
There was no objection.
The text of the bill is as follows:
H.R. 1925
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF MANHATTAN CAMPUS OF THE NEW YORK
HARBOR HEALTH CARE SYSTEM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS, NEW YORK.
(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Margaret Cochran was born in Franklin County,
Pennsylvania, on November 12, 1751, and married John Corbin
in 1772.
(2) Three years after the marriage, when John Corbin left
to fight in the Revolutionary War as an artilleryman,
Margaret Corbin accompanied him to war to support the
Revolutionary Army.
(3) Margaret Corbin supported the Revolutionary Army by
caring for injured and sick soldiers as well as by cooking
and cleaning. During battle, she also helped her husband
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load the cannon he was responsible for manning.
(4) On November 16, 1776, John Corbin was manning a cannon
during the Battle of Fort Washington on Manhattan Island, New
York, when he was killed. Margaret Corbin heroically took her
husband's place, firing the cannon until she, too, was hit by
enemy fire and seriously wounded.
(5) Having lost the use of her left arm, Margaret Corbin
was assigned to the ``Invalid Regiment'' at West Point, New
York.
(6) The Continental Congress awarded Margaret Corbin a
lifelong pension for her injuries, making her the first woman
to receive a pension from the United States by virtue of
military service for the United States.
(7) Margaret Corbin died in 1789 in Highland Falls, New
York. She is honored nearby at West Point as a hero of the
Revolutionary War.
(b) Designation.--The Manhattan Campus of the New York
Harbor Health Care System of the Department of Veterans
Affairs in New York, New York, shall after the date of the
enactment of this Act be known and designated as the
``Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New York Harbor
Health Care System''.
(c) Reference.--Any reference in any law, regulation, map,
document, paper, or other record of the United States to the
Campus referred to in subsection (b) shall be deemed to be a
reference to the Margaret Cochran Corbin Campus of the New
York Harbor Health Care System.
The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the
table.
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