Political Quotes

“I thank my friend for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise to pay tribute, to honor, and to remember and celebrate the lives of American heroes. We're approaching a most sobering anniversary, August 6. This is the day 1 year ago when a Chinook helicopter crashed in Afghanistan, taking with it the lives of so many, including five soldiers, three airmen, and 24 SEALs. It marks the most serious and heaviest loss of life for our SEAL community in their illustrious service to our country. Families across our Nation are hurting and will hurt not only on the anniversary but just as they remember their loved one. So it is with great humility and just deep appreciation to the families of the fallen, our Gold Star families, to pause for a moment to rise and to honor their loved one. Our colleague from Iowa, Steve King, entered into the Congressional Record a poem that was written specifically for this occasion. And I appreciate my colleague yielding just for the few minutes it will take to read the poem. {time} 1800 It is with a grateful heart that I read this poem, and I thank my colleague, Mr. King, for entering it into the Congressional Record. This is written from the vantage point of the following: We Stood! We! WE STOOD! WE STOOD, so you can sleep! While, out across our Nation our Mothers now so weep! WE FOUGHT, so you can live! All in such blessed peace--that which our most selfless sacrifice so gives! As all in such pain and heartache our families must now so live!…”