we are very grateful to representative daniel cleaver of the last emanuel cleaver of kansas city and senators mccaskill and blunt of missouri, who have been our champions of this effort, along with congressman ted poe from texas, who was involved with a world war i memorial efforts for some years. they have carried the water with us. senator rockefeller has been of great assistance as well, as have others. bills were introduced in both houses on bipartisan basis. the house bill was passed as an amendment to the defense appropriation bill earlier this year. it has already been approved by the house. hearings have been held in the senate a couple of months ago. it is anticipated that the if the senate does not pass the appropriations bill, the memorial will move forward possibly as a stand-alone bill and get passed by this house. there is no significant opposition to the proposal. all of the major agencies are on board and have come out publicly in support of the proposal. i talked to your neighbor, oliver carr, a few weeks ago and they are very engaged as well. oliver carr owns the ho

we are very grateful to representative daniel cleaver of kansas city and senators mccaskill and blunt of missouri, who have been our champions of this effort, along with congressman ted poe from texas, who was involved with a world war i memorial efforts for some years. senator rockefeller has been of great assistance as well, as have others. bills were introduced in both houses on bipartisan basis. the house bill was passed as an amendment to the defense appropriation bill earlier this year. it has already been approved by the house. senate cap and held the -- hearings have been held in the senate a couple of months ago. it is anticipated that the memorial bill will move forward possibly as a stand-alone bill sed by this house. all of the major agencies are on board and have come out publicly in support of the proposal. i talked to your neighbor, oliver carr, a few weeks ago and they are very engaged as well. oliver carr owns the hotel. the problem is, i guess, couple of months ago when i was testifying before a house panel on this, the chairman of that subcommittee said to another g