Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I am rising, basically, to praise my colleague from Tennessee, Representative Duncan. A few months ago, he came to the Rules Committee with this case, and he tried to amend a bill to be able to find a way to help turn this terrible tragedy into something that was reasonable so that this family could stay together and could stay here in the United States. Unfortunately, the measure was not germane to the bill that was pending before the Rules Committee, but he stuck with this issue, and I want to thank him for his perseverance because of this terrible tragedy where Sergeant Ferschke was killed in Iraq in August of 2008. It was Sergeant Ferschke's intention that his wife would reside in the United States and that his child would be raised in the United States. Without this legislation, that would not be able to be the case.”