Sen. Elizabeth Warren will introduce Senate legislation matching a bipartisan House bill that would rescind 20 Congressional Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers who took part in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota.
The "Remove the Stain Act" is a project of Washington's U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, joined by Republican Rep. Paul Cook of California, and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico. Haaland, a Democrat, is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo people.
A half-dozen Democratic presidential candidates, at the first Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa earlier this week, endorsed the legislation.
Warren has gone further, saying she will introduce a Senate version. In a statement, first run by Huffington Post, she stated:
"At the Wounded Knee massacre, hundreds of Lakota men, women and children were slaughtered by soldiers who received Medals of Honor. These acts of violence were not heroic. They were tragic and profoundly shameful.
"This bill respects and honors those who lost their lives, advances justice and takes a step toward righting a wrong against Native people."
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The "Remove the Stain Act" is a project of Washington's U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, joined by Republican Rep. Paul Cook of California, and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico. Haaland, a Democrat, is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo people.
A half-dozen Democratic presidential candidates, at the first Native American Presidential Forum in Sioux City, Iowa earlier this week, endorsed the legislation.
Warren has gone further, saying she will introduce a Senate version. In a statement, first run by Huffington Post, she stated:
"At the Wounded Knee massacre, hundreds of Lakota men, women and children were slaughtered by soldiers who received Medals of Honor. These acts of violence were not heroic. They were tragic and profoundly shameful.
"This bill respects and honors those who lost their lives, advances justice and takes a step toward righting a wrong against Native people."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...en-elizabeth-warren-signs-on/ar-AAGejaW?pfr=1
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...en-elizabeth-warren-signs-on/ar-AAGejaW?pfr=1
