Tom Tancredo: “I rise tonight to first of all recognize and memorialize those whose lives were either given and/or risked on this date…”

“I rise tonight to first of all recognize and memorialize those whose lives were either given and/or risked on this date in 1945. We have heard many moving comments, many moving speeches in tribute to the D-Day heroes. I can add little to the beautiful oratory that has been exemplified here by a number of speakers with regard to D-Day and what we owe the folks who participated in that horrendous event. I also think to myself about the America for which those men either died or sacrificed their lives, and the kind of America that existed then, and, to a certain extent, the kind of America that exists today, and the difference that may exist. For the most part, it is the same America, and that is a good thing. But there are things that I think are somewhat disconcerting when we look at the Nation today. Not too long ago, I think it was about a week ago, actually, there was an article in my local paper, in the Denver Post. It talked about the difference in attitudes of people today who are 20 years old or younger, the difference in attitudes between them and people older than them with regard to patriotism or love of this country.”