[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 90 (Thursday, May 23, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H3488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN TO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Madam Speaker, as we are on the precipice of another 
Memorial Day in this country, we have so much to be thankful for and 
grateful for as we pause to remember those who have fallen to defend 
our country, our way of life, and our Constitution.
  From the fields of Valley Forge to Tripoli to our own homeland in the 
Civil War to San Juan Hill, the trenches of France, Pearl Harbor, 
Normandy, Iwo Jima, the 38th parallel, the jungles of Vietnam, Iraq, 
and Afghanistan, and others, we are grateful for those that stood up 
and stood in the line of fire for us and for our values.
  Indeed, from John 15:13: ``Greater love has no one than this: To lay 
down one's life for one's friends.''
  We owe them a lot. We can never pay that back other than to be 
grateful and to remember those who have fallen for our Nation.

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