[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 4]
[House]
[Page 4727]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           SUPPORT OUR TROOPS

  (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, I rise today to thank my 
colleagues and the American people for supporting our men and women who 
have volunteered to stand in harm's way. While no one desires to go to 
war, the threat to America posed by Iraq and international terrorism is 
real, and many of those in the Armed Forces may be asked to make the 
ultimate sacrifice.
  I am especially appreciative of our servicemembers because I recently 
served on a delegation led by the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Collins) 
to visit the courageous troops in Kuwait, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
  Already nearly 170,000 members of the National Guard and Reserves 
have been called up for deployment. These brave people have volunteered 
to leave their jobs and families to help secure our liberty.
  Many of our military families struggle to make ends meet, and I ask 
Americans to reach out to them. Every helping hand is greatly 
appreciated, even if just a word of encouragement. I ask everyone 
across this great land to support our troops by assisting their 
families while they are defending freedom.

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