[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 158 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4341]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  IN HONOR OF CORPORAL WESLEY A. RODD

  (Mrs. FLETCHER asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor United States 
Marine Corps Corporal Wesley Alexander Rodd, who was killed during a 
training accident off the coast of Southern California on July 30 of 
this year and was just laid to rest last Saturday.
  Born in Houston, he was a resident of Cypress for 17 years. Just 4 
months ago, he became a father. After graduating from Cy-Fair High 
School in 2016, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, and he 
served as a rifleman with the Bravo Company.
  We are grateful to him for his service to our country--for his 
dedication and for his sacrifice--and it is fitting that we, the people 
he defended, honor him today on the floor of this House, in this 
Chamber. And as we do so, we honor the loss and the grief and the 
sacrifice of his wife, Jamie; his 4-month-old son, Ezra; his mother, 
Valarie; and all of his family, his friends, and his fellow marines. 
All Americans are forever in their debt--and he will be forever in our 
hearts.

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