[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 188 (Tuesday, October 26, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7360-S7361]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
Unanimous Consent Agreement
Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up
to 10 minutes.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, first, I commend my colleague from
Kansas for his remarkable commitment to this Nation and to those who
serve this Nation. And he is always there at the Honor Flights for
World War II, the Honor Flights of those who served in Korea, of those
who served in Vietnam, and those who served in the Global War
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on Terror. His leadership is commendable, and people from both sides of
the aisle look up to him and appreciate the work he does on his
committees and his commitment to the veterans who serve this Nation.
So I thank the distinguished Senator from Kansas for his ongoing
commitment, and it is with appreciation and admiration and respect I
follow his speech to thank him for the commitment and the comments
about what happened in Afghanistan because just this very weekend, on
Saturday, the Governor of Wyoming and I stood with over 1,000 people in
the cold in Wyoming as we honored the life of Rylee McCollum, who was
one of those 13 who was killed in Kabul at the airport on that fateful
day in Afghanistan, merely 2 months ago. And with us also was Rylee's
wife GiGi and the baby that was born after Rylee had been killed--the
baby who will never know her father, who will always know his story,
and will always know that he was an American hero.