Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I appreciate his courtesy because we are reserving the first hour of every day when our troops are in the field to…”

“I appreciate his courtesy because we are reserving the first hour of every day when our troops are in the field to giving tribute to them, talking about some of the events that have happened in the field, talking about some of the acts of heroism, the individual acts, showing pictures of what life is like over there. I have done that on several occasions. I will again. Today I want to talk about our prisoners. As the distinguished Chair understands--the Presiding Officer at this time is the other Senator from Texas--Texas is the base for the largest number of our active-duty military. One in 10 active-duty personnel calls Texas home. It is the home base for 114,000 active-duty service members. California comes in second with 107,000. North Carolina comes in third with 86,000. So we do feel a personal effect of this war. We also feel a sense of pride that it is our young men and women, along with all of those from the other States, who are out there on the front lines, protecting the freedom we enjoy so much every day.”