[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 96 (Thursday, June 5, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H2481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    D-DAY AND PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, historically, 81 years ago 
tomorrow, June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops surprised war criminal 
Hitler with Operation Overlord along the beaches of Normandy, France. 
This began the drive to liberate Europe with victory of good over evil 
to end World War II.
  More than 10,000 Americans and Allies were killed or wounded on D-
day, all in the name of freedom, courageously led by General Dwight D. 
Eisenhower.
  President Ronald Reagan clarified peace through strength at his 
Normandy address on the 40th anniversary of D-day, and it is now more 
true than ever: ``It is better to be here ready to protect the peace 
than to take blind shelter across the sea, rushing to respond only 
after freedom is lost.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops as the global war on terrorism 
continues. Trump is reinstituting existing laws to protect American 
families with peace through strength, revealing law criminal Putin with 
a phone call threatening to murder civilians in Ukraine and defending 
Iran's nuclear capability to develop a weapon for death to Israel, 
death to America.

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