[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 171 (Thursday, September 30, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H5564]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            HONORING THE LIFE OF SERGEANT MAJOR DAN ALTIERI

  (Mr. GALLEGO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GALLEGO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and say goodbye to 
my friend and my brother, Sergeant Major Dan Altieri. We served 
together in Iraq.
  I have one minute to speak about a man who gave thousands of marines 
years of their life back, one minute to speak about a marine, a 
patriot, a brother, a legend, who loved us, unconditionally, both on 
the battlefield and off.
  In this magic minute, I must tell you about a marine that is 
timeless, one who will not be forgotten by his men. He laughed with us 
in the good times. He mourned with us in the bad times. He was always 
ready to be there and say: ``Hey, brother, how are you doing?'' And 
like a father that many of us never had, he would always say: ``I am 
proud of you.''
  My minute is up, my Sergeant Major is gone, but his legend will live 
on.
  Semper fi, Sergeant Major Altieri.

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