Rubén Hinojosa: “As I said earlier, country songs foster an appreciation of the many important sacrifices made by soldiers serving in the…”

“As I said earlier, country songs foster an appreciation of the many important sacrifices made by soldiers serving in the Armed Forces. I want to share with our Members of the House that tomorrow, Tuesday, I will be accompanying Sergeant Daniel Pena from my congressional district, a young man 28 years old serving his third tour in Iraq. While on patrol, their Humvee stepped on a land mine that exploded. One of his colleagues riding in that Humvee was killed, and he lost his right arm and his right leg. He came back to the United States where he has stayed in Walter Reed the last 2 months and received an artificial arm and leg and has now been released by Walter Reed Hospital. I'm going to accompany him and his father and mother to Weslaco, Texas, where he is going to receive a hero's welcome. I'm pleased to tell you that I requested that country songs like 'Only in America' by Brooks and Dunn and 'Where the Stars and Stripes and the Eagle Fly' by Aaron Tippin be played as part of the patriotic music that we're going to have at that celebration of a hero's welcome.”