[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 174 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13511]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, the Good Book tells us if you owe debts, pay 
debts; if honor, then honor; if respect, then respect. And this 
weekend, Sunday specifically, millions of Americans will gather in 
places large and small in this country to pay a debt of gratitude that 
we owe to the American soldier. And I rise today like all of those who 
will gather in ceremonies and parades, surrounding people wearing 
mothballed uniforms and gray hair, to celebrate Veterans Day. Memorial 
Day is that day in the spring when we remember those who did not come 
home; Veterans Day is the day in the fall when we remember those who 
did.
  A close friend of my late father, a combat veteran, said to me once 
poignantly, I think your dad never got over the guilt of coming home. 
While we remember those who served and fell this weekend, we will 
remember those who carry the burden of veterans; who fired shots in 
anger; who wore the uniform of the United States of America; and who, 
every day of their lives thereafter, carry the burden of that poignant 
service and significant loss.
  To veterans all across America and especially those in eastern 
Indiana, we will remember you this Veterans Day.

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