[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SUPPORT H.R. 511

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise today in 
support of H.R. 511 introduced by Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, which says 
that we ought to pledge the faithful support of Congress to members of 
the United States Armed Forces serving in harm's way.
  Madam Speaker, there are a lot of things we can disagree on on this 
floor of the House, but cutting funding for our troops ought not be one 
of them. As many others have done, I have also visited Walter Reed and 
talked to the brave men and women who have served there, not just from 
my district, from my State and around the Nation. And when I ask them, 
is there anything that we can do for you, the vast majority of them 
say, Congressman, just let me get back to my unit.
  Madam Speaker, that sense of duty, that sense of honor, that sense of 
commitment and that sense of patriotism is something we in Congress 
would do well to emulate. This resolution says that members of the 
United States Armed Forces have served honorably in their mission to 
fight terrorism and protect the greater security of the United States, 
that these members of the Armed Forces and their families have made 
many sacrifices. This resolution, Madam Speaker, deserves our support.

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