Political Quotes

“I rise today in preparation of my introducing a resolution honoring the Pennsylvania National Guard. All of us know the work of our National Guard components in our various States, but I did want to take extra time to point out some of the special duties that have been performed by the Pennsylvania National Guard, the largest in the Nation, by the way, and the Air National Guard in Pennsylvania, which is the fourth largest in the United States. In very short time now, 2000 members of the guard will be positioned to move to Europe to assist in the NATO facilities in the various roles they have to play in that part of the world. Now, this is to say that that is just one duty. They are also involved on the northern border of the Canadian border in NORAD, and many domestic sites. And in Afghanistan, the Air National Guard has performed various tasks that are very important to the entire effort in the war against terrorism. Mr. Speaker, I close with asking others to join with me in the resolution honoring the Pennsylvania National Guard.”