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Charles Skelton: “Mr. Speaker, first I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) for working so well and putting this…”

On the recordFebruary 27, 2001
Mr. Speaker, first I want to thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) for working so well and putting this bill before us. It is a fitting tribute to those young Americans that died 10 years ago in Desert Storm. I hope it is some solace to those families and not just to those families but to the other families who lost loved ones in that conflict. America is great, as Tocqueville once wrote, because America is good. And America was there in the Persian Gulf because we stood for good values. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) for offering this resolution, because it does reflect the best that comes from America.
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Charles Skelton
Democratic · New Jersey
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Expressing gratitude for a resolution honoring those who died in Desert Storm.

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