[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H4724]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 ANNUAL ROLLING THUNDER MOTORCYCLE RIDE

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, this weekend, the Nation sets aside time to 
remember those who gave all for our country.
  Thousands will travel to Washington, D.C., for the annual Rolling 
Thunder motorcycle ride to remember and honor the fallen, and millions 
across the country will participate in parades or gather around 
monuments and parks to recall a loved one or a neighbor who never came 
home. There will be the playing of ``Taps'' and heartfelt and silent 
whispers of: I miss you; I wish I could see you; and thank you.
  Memorial Day is truly a national holiday in that it is a day that 
politics are avoided, and given some of the debates we have been having 
and what you see on TV, that is not a bad thing.
  When you visit Arlington Cemetery or any of the national cemeteries 
across the country, including the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, 
not far from my district, the gravestones don't mark one's party 
affiliation. Rather, the simplicity of the stones remind us that they 
were Americans, they served, and that they are remembered.
  May God grant eternal rest to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice 
to our country, and may He bless the families of the fallen with His 
tender mercies.

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