Political Quotes

“Thank you to my colleague from Indiana. I truly appreciate it. I will now go through the biographies of the men and women who rightfully deserve to be promoted, to be moved into their next position of authority. And I am going to start by continuing with MG Heidi J. Hoyle, Calendar No. 48, for the grade of Lieutenant General and deputy chief of staff for the U.S. Army. And I would like to highlight MG Heidi J. Hoyle, who is currently the director of operations for the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. Upon her graduation from Virginia in 2004, she was assigned as an instructor in the Department of Systems Engineering at West Point. She served as the 242nd Ordnance Battalion executive officer, with a deployment to Afghanistan and support of Operation Enduring Freedom. In 2010, she was selected for command of the Special Troops Battalion of the Third Sustainment Brigade in Fort Stewart, GA. And while stationed there, she deployed in support of the Iraq war. She has distinguished her career, having been awarded the Legion of Merit, folks, not just once, not twice, but three times. She has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal not once but twice. This is an extraordinary woman. And I will point out that I enjoyed my service very much. I appreciated my time in service. But I also have a daughter who is serving now. And my daughter--to MG Heidi J. Hoyle, General Hoyle, I hope that my daughter is following in your footsteps.…”