Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution (H. Res. 1217) honoring Fort Drum's soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division for their past and continuing contributions to the security of the United States, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The text of the resolution is as follows: H. Res. 1217 Whereas the 10th Mountain Division was first activated as the 10th Light Division on July 15, 1943, at Camp Hale, Colorado; Whereas the 10th Mountain Division began a rigorous training regimen designed to prepare for the imminent invasion of Axis-controlled Europe; Whereas, on January 7, 1944, the 10th Mountain Division patch was authorized, featuring a blue background with two red-crossed bayonets forming the Roman numeral for 10, emblazoned over a powder keg representing the Division's explosive power; Whereas, in November 1944, the 10th Light Division was redesignated the 10th Mountain Division and soldiers were first authorized to wear the blue and white ``Mountain'' tab; Whereas the 10th Mountain Division first entered combat on January 1945, being deployed to the North Apennine Mountains in Italy opposite battle-hardened German mountain troops; Whereas soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division assaulted the German lines along the Monte Belvedere-Monte della Torraccia Ridge in a series of stunning attacks that broke the German Apennine front; Whereas, on April 14, 1945, the 10th Mountain Division served as the vanguard of the Fifth Army's driv…”