[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25565]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING OUR VETERANS

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, I also rise today to pay tribute to 
America's veterans, whose brave efforts have safeguarded those values 
we hold dear: freedom, liberty, democracy, and the American way of 
life.
  This week, as we celebrate Veterans Day, I hope all Americans will 
take the time to thank a veteran for his or her service to our country.
  From our Nation's founding days, we have appreciated and recognized 
the sacrifices and valor of our veterans. General George Washington 
noted in 1776 that American soldiers ``have done all I have asked you 
to do, and more than can be reasonably expected.'' Our veterans today 
rise to this same challenge.
  America's veterans fought to preserve our great Nation, to liberate 
the oppressed, and to hold fast to the idea that freedom and liberty 
are universal rights worth fighting and, yes, sometimes dying for.
  I want to thank all of our veterans for their selfless service. From 
Omaha Beach and the Pacific seas, to the jungles of Vietnam and the 
sands of the Middle East, we live every day with the gift of liberty 
because you secured our freedom and the freedom of generations to come.

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