[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 100 (Friday, June 15, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H5204]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS

  (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, I rise today to recognize the unyielding 
dedication that my constituents have for our military. In particular, I 
would like to highlight the efforts of several folks back home who are 
responsible for a number of billboards dotting the highways of Beaver 
County that encourage people to wear red on Fridays to support our 
troops who are deployed overseas.
  For more than a decade, Americans across the Nation have worn red on 
Fridays to show support for troops fighting in foreign lands. In this 
effort, red is not just a color, but a message. RED is an acronym for 
Remember Everyone Deployed. It is a message to remember our 
servicemembers who are away from their families, risking their lives on 
the front lines to defend our freedoms and values. Remembering them is 
especially important since we often do not see news of those deployed.
  Wearing red on Fridays is another way to show our troops that we are 
thinking of them, that we support them, and that we appreciate their 
sacrifices. I thank the volunteers of Beaver County for promoting and 
reminding us of this wear red effort.

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