Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation that my dear friend and colleague, Dr. Price, has sponsored in this House. On that fateful day, July 16, 2015, five great American heroes lost their lives: Gunnery Sergeant Thomas Sullivan, Staff Sergeant David Wyatt, Sergeant Carson Holmquist, Petty Officer Second Class Randall Smith, and, yes, another great hero, Lance Corporal Skip Wells. I am honored to stand in the well of this House, as I was when I came here after those attacks, and I want all Americans to know and understand the love and support that not only Chattanooga and the great State of Tennessee--my State--showed, but the great support shown in the people's House for those five fallen heroes. Lance Corporal Skip Wells truly was and is an American hero. Think about that. He was a marine serving at the Naval and Marine Reserve Center. I had been there prior to these attacks. I have been there several times after these attacks. As a matter of fact, the Commandant of the great United States Marine Corps has visited there. General Miller has actually been to where we sustained this great loss of life. Those terrorist attacks that day on American soil in Chattanooga, Tennessee, took these five lives. Skip Wells stood proud as a marine and defended our great Nation that day. And yes, all five of these great service people were awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, as they should have been. But now, in some great way that we can, with Dr.…”