Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize an individual I recently had the pleasure of having a conversation with, a singer- songwriter who, more importantly, is a tremendous supporter of our troops, John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting. John started Five for Fighting in 1995, and shortly thereafter rose to fame after releasing the Grammy-nominated ballad ``Superman''. While written and released well before 9/11, ``Superman'' became something of an anthem during the tough days following 9/11. As our Nation came together as one, ``Superman'' struck a chord with the survivors and families of those we lost on that terrible day, as well as our troops serving around the world. And its lyrics resonated with people and comforted those who needed it the most. Mr. Speaker, since then, John has been deeply involved with our troops. He has performed at dozens of USO shows for our servicemembers overseas and also works with several veteran-oriented charities. John has spent the past two decades writing deeply personal songs that include social messages that make an emotional connection and invoke the human spirit. Some of these songs are included on the ``CD for the Troops'' project which is a collection of 13 songs from top artists, including John's, that was compiled specially for U.S. military members.…”