On the recordJuly 28, 2017
I just wanted to quickly add my thanks to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Moulton), who started this effort in the last Congress with another colleague of ours, and I was fortunate enough to join that team when I arrived here. Without his dedication from the start, we would not be at this moment today. I would also thank him for his example of leadership in the Marine Corps and in Congress, which has inspired a generation of marines like myself. And while we don't agree on everything, we always look for ways to work together. It is my belief in just listening to these speeches, particularly from the veterans who serve in Congress, that there is so much that we can work together on; and there are forces that are trying to divide us, but there is still so much that we can agree upon. So while this may seem like a small step, I would submit that this is big. And I hope this is the beginning of more work that we can do on behalf of the country, and that is what it should be about at the end of the day. So I just thank all of my colleagues. I thank the chairman for his help. I couldn't be more proud that, in a divided time, we came together to do something good on behalf of past generations of veterans and on behalf of the next generation.
