THOMPSON ELECTED VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE OF THE EISENHOWER MEMORIAL COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC – The Eisenhower Memorial Commission today elected Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA) to serve as Vice Chairman of the Commission. In addition, Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) was elected to serve as Chairman.
"It's a high honor to be named Vice Chair of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission," said Thompson. "President Eisenhower was a giant on the international stage and his story, as told by the memorial, is a truly important project - for our nation and for the world. I look forward to working with other members of the commission as we finish our work and break ground."
"It has always been my goal to ensure there is a lasting and fitting tribute on the National Mall to Kansas' favorite son, Dwight D. Eisenhower," Senator Roberts commented following his election to the Chairmanship of the Eisenhower Memorial Commission. "I am humbled and honored to serve as the chair of the Commission."
The bi-partisan EMC was created by Congress in 1999. The 12-member Commission includes four Members of the United States Senate and four members of the U.S. House of Representatives. World renowned architect Frank Gehry was selected to design the memorial through a federal competition process managed by the General Services Administration's Design Excellence Program in 2009 and the Commission chose a preferred design concept for the memorial in 2010. The design received preliminary approval from both the National Capital Planning Commission and U.S. Commission of Fine Arts in October, 2014.
For more information on the ETC and the memorial, please visit https://eisenhowermemorial.gov/.
Congressman Mike Thompson is proud to represent California's 5th Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma Counties. He is a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee. Rep. Thompson is also a member of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition and chairs the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Wine Caucus.
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