Mark Kennedy: “I also applaud my fellow colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Forbes), for bringing forth this resolution with…”

“I also applaud my fellow colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Forbes), for bringing forth this resolution with me. Since September 11, we have seen many heroes in this country. It was Napoleon who said that great soldiers are those that run towards the sounds of the guns and, indeed, we have many that have followed that description in other professions: the firemen, the police, the emergency medical professionals, as well as our fighting men and women overseas. But we also must remember that our Guardsmen and our Reserves do just that when they sign up for duty to defend our freedoms. We have over a million National Guard men and women and Reserve units around our country. These are citizen-soldiers, those that work with us, have children in school with us, that we worship with at church. They are people that live side by side with us, but during the weekend and when called up, they go and they work to fight for our freedoms. They do so many, many things and have done so much since September 11.”