[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 55 (Tuesday, May 9, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H2187]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RESPECT FOR AMERICA'S FALLEN HEROES ACT
(Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to draw to the attention of
the House H.R. 5037. This is the Respect For America's Fallen Heroes
Act, and I would like to encourage each Member of this body to join me
and my colleagues in this act. What it is going to do is to put in
place criteria that will prohibit a person from carrying out
demonstrations at the funeral of one of our fallen heroes.
We are going to have a press conference, Mr. Speaker, at 2:30 today
to talk more about this, and I want to commend my colleagues,
Representative Rogers from Michigan, our Veterans Affairs' Committee
Chairman, Mr. Buyer of Indiana, Mr. Chabot of Ohio, Mr. Wilson of South
Carolina, Mr. Carter of Texas, and Mr. Garrett of New Jersey for
joining with me on this piece of legislation and for joining to honor
the members of the Patriot Guard Riders, who stand with our families to
honor our fallen heroes.
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