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On the recordSeptember 18, 2000
Mr. Speaker, the delegate, the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia (Ms. Norton), and also the gentleman from American Samoa (Mr. Faleomavaega) both mentioned, I think, a very important point, one that I learned when I served in the U.S. Army, and that was the fact that our citizens in Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, Guam, they all serve in the military. They are very capable soldiers. As the gentlewoman from the District of Columbia said, more served in the Gulf War from the District of Columbia than 47 States. I can tell my colleagues from my personal experience that anyone who served in the military knows that they will meet a lot of residents or citizens of Puerto Rico or Guam or American Samoa.
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Spencer Bachus
Alabama

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Discussing the military service of citizens from U.S. territories during a House floor speech.

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