[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 26, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H7082]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      NAVAL RESERVIST LEE REINHART

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, 2 years ago, I stood on this floor and 
spoke out against the injustice of our Nation's Don't Ask, Don't Tell 
policy. I told the story of Lee Reinhart, a patriotic constituent of 
mine who wanted to serve his country in time of war.
  Lee had already retired from a 4-year Navy career when our Nation was 
attacked on September 11. Like many Americans after September 11, Lee 
wanted to serve his country and again enlisted in the Coast Guard. But 
4 months later, he was discharged under Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
  Last December my colleagues and I repealed that policy; and Monday, I 
had the honor of administering the oath to Lee Reinhart as he 
reenlisted in the Navy.
  Dr. Martin Luther King once said, ``The arc of the moral universe is 
long, but it bends towards justice.'' Mr. Speaker, I was proud of my 
country and proud of Lee Reinhart when justice finally arrived for 
both.

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