[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 124 (Monday, July 21, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H3483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   SUPPORTING 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, as the senior member of 
the House Armed Services Committee, an Army veteran myself, and father 
of four sons who served in the military in the Middle East, I am 
particularly grateful that House Republicans passed the Defense 
appropriations bill with the leadership of Chairman   Mike Rogers.
  On behalf of national security for American families, some key 
provisions are: support for troops and families by delivering a pay 
raise and improving the quality of life; restoration of combat 
readiness by funding cutting-edge aircraft, weapons, and modernization; 
and deterrence of our adversaries with border security and countering 
the Chinese Communist Party worldwide.
  House Republicans are achieving peace through strength, the agenda of 
President Donald Trump.
  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 war criminal Putin's 
lies, insulting Trump and mocking Trump, talking lovely as he murders 
Ukrainian citizens with rocket attacks.
  Our sympathy for Rosalie Smith on the passing of her husband, Mayor 
Pat Smith, of Springdale, South Carolina.

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