[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 214 (Thursday, December 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H6028]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REMEMBERING SERGEANT WILLIAM HOWARD AND SERGEANT EDGAR TORRES-TOVAR

  (Mrs. HINSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. HINSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today with a profound sense of 
loss.
  Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown and Sergeant Edgar 
Brian Torres-Tovar of Des Moines were killed in action by ISIS 
terrorists while serving on a counterterrorism mission in Syria.
  Yesterday, I had the solemn honor of attending the dignified transfer 
of these fallen heroes. No words can fully capture the weight of that 
moment or the depth of gratitude that we owe these heroes and their 
families.
  Mothers and fathers should never have to bury their children. Our 
hearts are broken for these Gold Star families.
  My husband, Matt, and I are mourning alongside you, and we join 
Americans across the country asking our Lord to hold close the families 
of the fallen. Watch over our troops, and bless our military families.
  Sergeant Howard and Sergeant Torres-Tovar represent the very best of 
Iowa, and they will forever be remembered as heroes.

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