Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I would like to bring to the attention of my colleagues this article from the Mountain Times in Killington, VT. The article highlights the outstanding work of the nearly 200 members of Maine National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Gardiner, ME, which deployed to Vermont to help our neighbors deal with the destruction from Tropical Storm Irene. Senator Leahy has told me several times how grateful the people of Vermont are for the assistance and how impressed they are with the professionalism of the Maine National Guard members. All of us in Maine are extremely proud of their outstanding work helping those who needed it most. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following article be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Angels With Dirty Faces (By Greg Crawford) Well, maybe their faces are clean, but the men and women of the Maine National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion, headquartered in Gardiner, Maine, and commanded by Lt. Colonel Normand Michaud, sure got their boots muddy! And despite modest denials, they are, indeed, angels, at least to the grateful citizens of Stockbridge. Following the historic flooding caused by the torrential rains of tropical storm Irene, the call went out to National Guard units in areas not quite so devastated by the storm, and they answered that call with incredible speed.…”