[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 6, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H376-H377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          HONORING FORMER ARMY STAFF SERGEANT CLINTON ROMESHA

  (Mr. CRAMER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. CRAMER. Madam Speaker, as inadequate as words are in expressing 
our gratitude to our American heroes who wear the uniform of our armed 
services, I rise to do my best to pay tribute to one very special 
soldier from North Dakota.
  Former Army Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha will be presented with the 
Medal of Honor next Monday by President Obama for ``acts of gallantry 
and intrepidity,'' becoming only the fourth living recipient for 
actions in Afghanistan or Iraq. With the help of an assistant gunner, 
he took out a machine-gun team before sustaining shrapnel from a 
grenade. The citation recalls his acts of heroism this way:

       Undeterred by his injuries, Staff Sergeant Romesha 
     continued to fight, and upon the arrival of another soldier 
     to aid him and his assistant gunner, he again rushed through 
     the exposed avenue to assemble additional soldiers. With 
     complete disregard for his own safety, he completely exposed 
     himself to heavy enemy fire as he moved confidently about the 
     battlefield engaging and destroying multiple enemy targets.

  This young husband and father not only fought the enemy after 
sustaining his own wounds, he organized air attacks and provided cover 
while three of his wounded comrades could get to aid, then pushed on to 
retrieve the bodies of fallen soldiers.
  Madam Speaker, I'm honored to serve in this prestigious assembly, 
always aware I do so because people like

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Staff Sergeant Romesha serve me and our Nation in ways we can't even 
imagine. May God bless Mr. Romesha and his family and all of our 
American heroes who serve the cause of freedom around the world.

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