Political Quotes

“last week Senator Cochran, Senator Grassley, Senator Shelby, and I travelled to Flanders Field, the American Cemetery and Memorial in Belgium. We visited the cemetery on the eve of Memorial Day to take part in a ceremony honoring Americans who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. The U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, Howard W. Gutman, shared an extraordinary poem he had written at the commemoration. ``Never to Forget'' is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our country and also a reminder that we must heed the lessons of our past to create a better future for our children. I would like to share Ambassador Gutman's poem with my colleagues. I ask unanimous consent that a copy be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Never to Forget Memorial Day 2011 We commemorate Memorial Day never to forget. Never to forget who they were. Men and women of many titles. To some they were sergeant or colonel or general; To others they were mom or dad, Uncle or aunt . . . Son or daughter. To us, they are all heroes. We honor them all. And we honor their parents who lost children. We honor their children who lost parents. As a head of one of our American Battlefield cemeteries once told me: For those buried in his cemetery They remain each day on active duty. . . And on each day that we fail to remember them . . . that we fail to honor them . . . they have served a day without a mission.…”