{"id":53994,"date":"2020-07-30T15:52:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/07\/30\/plan-to-change-va-motto-to-include-women-draws-republican-support\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:33:28","slug":"plan-to-change-va-motto-to-include-women-draws-republican-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/veterans\/2020\/07\/30\/plan-to-change-va-motto-to-include-women-draws-republican-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan to change VA motto to include women draws Republican support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A House panel on Thursday advanced plans to replace the Department of Veterans Affairs mission statement with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/08\/as-more-female-vets-head-to-congress-lawmakers-update-efforts-to-change-vas-motto\/\" target=_blank> gender-neutral language<\/a>, with Republican lawmakers offering strong support to the idea in opposition to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/11\/02\/va-unfazed-by-criticism-of-sexist-motto\/\" target=_blank>administration\u2019s objections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The measure \u2014 sponsored by Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y. \u2014 would change the current statement from \u201cTo fulfill President Lincoln\u2019s promise \u2018To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan,\u2019\u201d to the less specific \u201cTo fulfill President Lincoln\u2019s promise to care for those \u2018who shall have borne the battle\u2019 and for their families, caregivers, and survivors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The language has been at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2020\/06\/17\/in-an-era-of-fostering-inclusivity-the-department-of-veterans-affairs-fails-again\/\" target=_blank>center of an ongoing fight<\/a> between women veterans advocates and department leaders since the start of President Donald Trump\u2019s administration in 2017. Critics have called the motto outdated since it refers only to male veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVA\u2019s current gender-exclusive motto doesn\u2019t properly acknowledge (women\u2019s) service, and that is simply wrong,\u201d Rice said. \u201cWe\u2019re just as grateful for their service and sacrifice as we are for anyone brave enough to put on our country\u2019s uniform. That is why we must pass (this bill), to ensure that these veterans receive the respect they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/06\/04\/va-to-engrave-controversial-motto-in-bronze-at-all-department-cemeteries\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/VA-sign.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">VA to engrave controversial motto in bronze at all department cemeteries<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Department leaders have resisted calls to make the motto more inclusive for women veterans.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Department leaders have brushed off the effort as political correctness run amok, saying that changing Lincoln\u2019s words would amount to revising history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Memorial Day, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie announced plans to install new bronze plaques bearing the phrase at each of the nation\u2019s 140-plus veterans cemeteries later in 2020, in defiance of the calls for change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s vote from the House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee still leaves a long legislative road ahead for the motto change to become law. The full House has only a few days left for chamber votes between now and the November elections, and the proposal has received limited support in the Republican-controlled Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But GOP members on the committee offered no opposition to the measure at Thursday\u2019s hearing, and ranking member Phil Roe, R-Tenn., called the move a reasonable and necessary step to recognize women veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHaving President\u2019s Lincoln\u2019s full quote, with its repeated use of the male pronoun, serving as VA\u2019s mission statement or motto did not cause those discrepancies. Changing it will not solve them either,\u201d he said. \u201cThat said, words matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI support this bill in recognition of the millions of women who have raised their right hands in service throughout the history of this great country, in gratitude for their bravery \u2026 and as a sign of my commitment to continuing to work to honor all those who have borne the battle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/08\/as-more-female-vets-head-to-congress-lawmakers-update-efforts-to-change-vas-motto\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4813525.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">As more female vets head to Congress, there\u2019s a new push to change VA\u2019s male-focused motto<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Critics argue that the current department motto ignores the contributions of women in the military.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roe noted that while Lincoln\u2019s quote was part of his second inaugural address in 1865, the VA did not begin using the phrase as its mission statement until 1959. 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