[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 160 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H9100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        HAYS COUNTY HONOR FLIGHT

  (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, today, I would like to take a moment to 
recognize a special group of veterans from Hays County in the 25th 
District of Texas that will all board an Honor Flight to our Nation's 
Capital today.
  For those who don't know, the purpose of an Honor Flight is to 
transport American veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials 
dedicated to honor their service and their sacrifices.
  On this particular flight, we will have 6 World War II veterans, 18 
Korean war veterans, and 17 Vietnam war veterans from central Texas. 
The flight is named in honor of Bill Kolbe, who was a World War II 
veteran who served in the Army Air Corps.
  As the representative of the veterans on this Honor Flight, I would 
like to take this opportunity to simply say we thank them, and we love 
them. We thank them for so selflessly serving this great Nation and for 
being the heroes we so desperately need today.
  Being able to serve these warfighters in Congress is one of my 
greatest honors, and I will continue to do everything I can to support 
our veterans in Hays County and around the Nation.
  God bless our veterans, and God bless the United States of America.

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