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80706050403020100Percent195319731993200320132023Percentage of US Congress Members WhoSelf-Identified as Veterans, 1953–2023Year House of Representatives Senate
  • All values are approximate.
  • The following 2 lines are shown:
    • House of Representatives
    • Senate
  • The House of Representatives line:
    • Begins at 1953, 62%
    • Rises sharply to 1973, 74%
    • Falls sharply to 1993, 40%
    • Falls sharply to 2003, 23%
    • Falls gradually to 2013, 17%
    • Rises gradually to 2023, 18%
  • The Senate line: 
    • Begins at 1953, 74%
    • Rises gradually to 1973, 79%
    • Falls sharply to 1993, 63%
    • Falls sharply to 2003, 35%
    • Falls sharply to 2013, 18%
    • Falls gradually to 2023, 17%

Since the nation’s earliest days, both houses of the United States Congress have counted many military veterans among their elected officials, including Hiram L. Fong (who served in the US Army Air Force) and Ralph Harold Metcalfe Sr. (who served in the US Army). A research institute gathered historical data about congressional members who have reported past military experience and determined that blank

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the sentence?