[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 41 (Thursday, March 13, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H1816]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SUPPORT OF TROOPS

  (Mr. GREEN of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, our 1-minutes are designed for us to 
talk about things that are happening in our districts or whatever 
issues may be important for the day. I wanted to talk about a situation 
that is happening in east and northeast Harris County.
  Mr. Speaker, we have a group that is talking about communities 
rallying for our troops. Now, our troops are in Iraq and in 
Afghanistan. We have two groups, the 373rd Support Battalion and also 
the 450th Chemical Battalion. They are Houston Reserves who are serving 
our country. What is happening this week in North Shore and Channel 
View and northeast Harris County and Houston are our communities 
showing support for those young men and women serving our country 
everywhere in the world.
  Mr. Speaker, we are fighting for freedom and democracy everywhere in 
the world. My only frustration is that here on the floor of the House 
today we do not even get an amendment on a major piece of legislation. 
But we know that we support our troops, whether they are in 
Afghanistan, Iraq, or anywhere else in the world.

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