Political Quotes

“I thank my friend from Texas for yielding time to me, and I thank the committee for bringing this resolution to the House floor today. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 3412, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1421 Veterans Memorial Drive in Abbeville, Louisiana, as the Sergeant Richard Franklin Abshire Post Office Building, and I want to thank the Oversight and Government Reform Committee for bringing this bill to the floor. Today, it is really an honor for me to stand here today to celebrate the life of United States Marine Corps Sergeant Richard F. Abshire, an extraordinary hero of the Vietnam War. A native of Abbeville, Louisiana, in my district, the heart of Cajun country, Sergeant Abshire graduated from Abbeville High School in 1962 and then attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, my hometown. Serving in Vietnam from December 1967 until May 1968, a young Sergeant Abshire had given over 3 years of service to his country in the Marine Corps. On May 2, 1968, while serving in Quang Tri Province in the Republic of Vietnam, Sergeant Abshire led a coordinated attack against an entrenched North Vietnamese force in the village of Dinh To. Under heavy small arms and automatic weapon fire, Sergeant Abshire displayed extraordinary valor and leadership in leading his men to safety, sacrificing himself in the process.…”