Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of our country's veterans, and I want to begin briefly by mentioning an organization that helps veterans that was recently brought to my attention, Patriot Outreach, a nonprofit organization to assist our military with getting the help they need to deal with the trauma associated with aspects of military service. You can learn more about that at PatriotOutreach.org, and I think they're doing a great service for our veterans. Benjamin Disraeli once said that ``the legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name, and the inheritance of a great example.'' In our country, some of our greatest heroes are veterans, individuals who answered our Nation's call to protect and defend our freedom. Our veterans are one of our Nation's greatest treasures and, as such, our country has given them a firm promise. Because of their willingness to protect us with their service, when their service ends, we promise to take care of them. But, unfortunately, if you talk to veterans today, they don't believe that our government is living up to their promises. When we made the commitment to take care of our troops when they returned home, we never said anything about making them jump through hoops or navigate a complicated bureaucracy. We promised our veterans the Moon and, instead, have failed, in many instances, to provide them with the most basic of care.…”