Richard B. Nugent: “I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman…”

I want to thank the gentleman from Washington, Sheriff Reichert. That is a term of endearment. It is won, a title that you earn. It is an opportunity to lead a great body of men and women. So when Sheriff Reichert wanted to do this hour…

This is a decision that essentially takes the 'air' out of 'airborne.'

I offer an amendment to the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 2, line 14, insert before the period ``and the amendment specified in section 5 of this resolution''. At…

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.