[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING DAVE ALEXANDER AND SERVE THE BORDER

  (Mr. LUTTRELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. LUTTRELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dave Alexander, 
the founding director of Serve the Border, a man and organization that 
has made it their mission to care for those who protect us along the 
southern border.
  Serve the Border has provided meals, entertainment, and better living 
conditions for thousands of Border Patrol agents, Texas State troopers, 
and National Guardsmen stationed in some of the most challenging 
environments in our Nation.
  This work is not glorious. It requires countless hours of 
preparation, logistical planning, and often personal financial 
sacrifice. Yet, Mr. Alexander has done it all with joy motivated by a 
belief in the importance of honoring those who serve.
  For example, 2 weeks ago while many Texans faced an unusually cold 
winter, Mr. Alexander and his team on Serve the Border drove over 6 
hours to Eagle Pass, Texas, from the Texas Eighth Congressional 
District to support the agents, the troopers, the soldiers, and the 
marines stationed in the Del Rio and Laredo sectors to make sure they 
had hot meals and a place to refocus for their next mission.
  On behalf of the district, I thank Mr. Alexander and all those who 
serve in Serve the Border for their extraordinary contributions. Fair 
winds and following seas.

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