[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 15, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             WELCOMING HOME HERNANDO COUNTY NATIONAL GUARD

  (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to share 
some good news about what happened in my district this past weekend.
  A gentleman by the name of Fred Glass organized a welcome home to 
Hernando County's National Guard unit. I was there, State elected 
officials were there, and local commissioners and locally elected folks 
were there; but most important, the citizens, family members, and 
businesses were there to sponsor and to welcome home the National Guard 
unit that was deployed for a year.
  Our National Guard unit served in Iraq and Afghanistan and served 
with a great deal of dignity. The story was told about how at 
Christmastime the National Guard unit organized an ability to raise 
money and to give gifts to the children in Iraq and Afghanistan. Truly, 
this Member of Congress is very proud of the National Guard unit.
  They presented me with a flag that was flown during one of their 
missions. It is a helicopter unit, and let me tell my colleagues that 
the pride that they had in their duty as National Guard members 
certainly was very evident.

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