Pelosi Joins Bipartisan, Bicameral Delegation to Normandy for 70th Anniversary of D-Day

June 4, 2014
Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced Thursday she has joined a bipartisan and bicameral Congressional Delegation (CODEL) to mark the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the Allied D-Day Invasion.  On Friday, June 6, the delegation will take part in observances of the anniversary at Omaha Beach and Sword Beach, in which U.S. President Barack Obama and French President Francois Hollande will participate.  The House delegation is led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Leader Pelosi.

"Seven decades later, we are still humbled and awed by the audacity, the bravery and the sacrifice of the Normandy landings," said Leader Pelosi.  "Neither our nation, nor any nation that cherishes the blessings of liberty fought for, bled for and died for on D-Day can ever forget its memory.  We continue to owe the heroes of that courageous day a great debt, and our Congressional delegation is honored to help pay tribute to them."

In addition to Pelosi, the House Democrats participating in the CODEL are:

  • Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)

  • Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)

  • Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

  • Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)

  • Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-CA)

  • Congressman Michael E. Capuano (D-MA)

  • Congresswoman Susan A. Davis (D-CA)

  • Congressman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL)

  • Congressman Hank Johnson (D-GA)

  • Congressman Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)

  • Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI)

  • Congresswoman Janice Hahn (D-CA)