Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise today with Senator Rubio to submit a resolution recommending the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor to Sergeant Rafael Peralta, United States Marine Corps. My friend and colleague from California, Representative Duncan Hunter, will introduce this resolution in the House and I am proud to work with him on this important matter. Our resolution recognizes that Sergeant Peralta's courageous and selfless actions in combat saved the lives of his fellow Marines. Our resolution concurs with the Marine Corps and the Department of the Navy that Sergeant Peralta's actions are in the spirit and tradition of the Medal of Honor; maintains that, consistent with previous Medal of Honor awards, the eyewitness accounts confirm that Sergeant Peralta deliberately pulled the grenade into his body and that eyewitness accounts should be the leading and deciding factor in evaluating Sergeant Peralta's Medal of Honor nomination; and recommends that Sergeant Peralta be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Sergeant Peralta was a true American hero. He was born in Mexico and immigrated as a young child with his family to San Diego, CA. He embraced his new life and anxiously awaited the opportunity to serve his adopted country and give something back. In fact, on the very day he received permanent legal resident status in the United States, he joined the United States Marine Corps.…”