Political Quotes

“it has been an honor to have been the sponsor of H.R. 3538, as well as the two previous pieces of legislation honoring three fallen war heroes from my State of Illinois. This legislation, H.R. 3538, the Marine Capt. Ryan Beaupre Saint Anne Post Office Designation Act, is just like the two previous bills considered by the House. Under H.R. 3538, the Saint Anne, Illinois, post office will be named after Marine Captain Ryan Beaupre, another Operation Iraqi Freedom hero from the 11th Congressional District of Illinois; and, again, Mr. Speaker, I wish to express my gratitude for my colleagues in the Illinois delegation for joining me as original cosponsors of this legislation. Captain Beaupre was a helicopter pilot with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. He was lost on March 20, 2003, while piloting a CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in Kuwait, 9 miles from the border with Iraq. Ryan enjoyed competing in cross-country and track. He was also a volunteer in the community, volunteering at Home-Sweet-Home mission, a homeless shelter and transitional housing program. He attended Bishop McNamara High School and Illinois Wesleyan University in my congressional district. I have had the opportunity to meet with Ryan's parents, Mark and Nicky Beaupre; and I can tell my colleagues that the Beaupre family is a very proud family, a very close family, and a very patriotic family. Ryan Beaupre loved to fly. He enjoyed being a pilot, and he enjoyed being a Marine.”