[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H884]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RECOGNIZING LYNCHBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT

  (Mr. McGUIRE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McGUIRE. Mr. Speaker, southwest Virginia, in Congressman Morgan 
Griffith's district, has been hit hard by storms over and over again in 
the past few months, including Hurricane Helene. I visited Damascus in 
October, where I cooked and served food for first responders with my 
team for the victims of Hurricane Helene.
  My thoughts and prayers have been with southwest Virginia since then 
and certainly remain today as they deal with the consequences of 
continued flooding.
  I rise today to recognize and commend the nine members of the 
Lynchburg Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue Team who recently 
deployed to southwest Virginia in anticipation of further flooding.
  The Lynchburg search and rescue team represents what it means to be a 
proud Virginian. No matter where you are in the Commonwealth, when you 
are in need, a fellow Virginian gives you a hand.
  Our first responders are critical to our safety, not just in 
disasters but every day. To all of those on the front lines, I thank 
them. May God and their training keep them safe.

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