May 10, 2023 3:00 a.m.

On Tuesday, Senator Ron Wyden and a group of colleagues led members of Congress to introduce legislation in the Senate and House designating U.S. Highway 20 between Newport, Oregon and New England as the “National Medal of Honor Highway”.

Wyden said, “I’m proud to have worked closely with veterans in Oregon and nationwide in the grassroots movement to designate America’s longest continuous highway – which spans from the Pacific to the Atlantic – as the National Medal of Honor Highway”. Wyden said the designation would provide a permanent and deserved recognition of America’s heroes. He said, “…I’ll keep fighting tooth and nail alongside veterans to drive this bill past the finish line”.

The release said The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military honor for valor, presented by the president in Congress’s name. U.S. service members who distinguish themselves “through conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty” can receive the medal.

Re-designating U.S. Highway 20 – the longest continuous highway in the United States – as the “National Medal of Honor Highway” would honor each state’s current and future Medal of Honor recipients and recipients from any state who travel on it.

The legislation is sponsored by a long list of veteran’s organizations, including the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

The full text of the bill is linked: https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/national_medal_of_honor_highway_bill_text.pdf