[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            CALLING SENATOR KERRY ``HANOI JOHN'' IS SHAMEFUL

  (Mr. STRICKLAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STRICKLAND. Mr. Speaker, something happened on the floor of the 
House this morning that in my judgment is shameful, shameful, because 
the record of an American hero who shed his blood, who earned three 
Purple Hearts, a Silver Star, and a Bronze Medal was referred to on the 
floor of this House as ``Hanoi John.'' Is that what we have come to in 
this House?
  I would remind those listening that when the President of the United 
States found some reason not to show up for his responsibilities and 
when Vice President Cheney said he had other responsibilities during 
the Vietnam War, it was Senator John Kerry who took the bullets for 
this country and for us and our freedoms.
  Shame on those, shame on those who would denigrate the record of a 
true American hero.

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