[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 158 (Monday, September 14, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING COURAGEOUS SERVICEMEMBERS AND VETERANS

  (Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL. Mr. Speaker, today I stand here to honor and 
thank the courageous servicemembers and veterans who have served and 
protected this Nation.
  I was appalled when the President, the Commander in Chief, referred 
to them as ``losers'' and ``suckers.''
  These brave men and women sacrificed for us, some giving their lives:
  Veterans like my constituent JL Demps, Jr., a U.S. Army Specialist, 
who at 18 was deployed and had to leave his wife and 2-month-old son;
  Or Manuel Suarez Rodriguez, who was drafted out of high school to 
serve in the Army's 2nd Infantry Division in Korea;
  Or Gary Malfield, a Comms Officer, who served in Vietnam reviewing 
heartbreaking messages on the status of Marines who were wounded or 
killed.
  Gary put it best by saying, ``Many of them lost their lives, but none 
of them were losers.'' I couldn't agree more. They deserve better, Mr. 
Speaker, and should never be disrespected the way this President did.

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