Joe Cunningham: “who are the men that support our military? It is the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), it is the gentleman from…”

“who are the men that support our military? It is the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Skelton), it is the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter), it is the men and women on this committee. And who are they? Mr. Hunter's dad, R. O. Hunter, was a Marine. Duncan fought in combat. His son just got back last weekend to greet a wife and his children. 2000 I saw mothers march in a protest at the Republican convention that had lost their sons. I was not angry. I felt remorse and hurt for those people that we lost. I rode on an airplane with a young man named Eddie Wright. He is a Marine that lost both his arms. Eddie Wright, when I fastened his seat belt, he would not let me help him eat. He said, Duke, one thing a Marine learns how to do is eat, and he was trying to do that with his prosthetic arm. He felt guilty about not being able to go back to his troops. Supporting defense is more than just this bill. It is people like Ike Skelton, Silvestre Reyes, Duncan Hunter, the men and women in both bodies that care. This is a good bill. It is more than a bill. It means life, and it means death. Thank you to both of you.”