Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and say goodbye to my friend and my brother, Sergeant Major Dan Altieri. We served together in Iraq. I have one minute to speak about a man who gave thousands of marines years of their life back, one minute to speak about a marine, a patriot, a brother, a legend, who loved us, unconditionally, both on the battlefield and off. In this magic minute, I must tell you about a marine that is timeless, one who will not be forgotten by his men. He laughed with us in the good times. He mourned with us in the bad times. He was always ready to be there and say: ``Hey, brother, how are you doing?'' And like a father that many of us never had, he would always say: ``I am proud of you.'' My minute is up, my Sergeant Major is gone, but his legend will live on. Semper fi, Sergeant Major Altieri. ____________________”