[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 25702]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         HONORING OUR VETERANS

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, the Good Book tells us if you owe debts, pay 
debts. If honor, then honor. If respect, then respect. As Washington, 
D.C., begins today to embark on a healthy debate over the future course 
of the Federal budget, I rise in the quiet of this morning to pay a 
debt of gratitude to those that will be remembered in ceremonies and 
parades wearing moth-balled uniforms and gray hair across the land as 
Veterans Day is remembered and celebrated.
  Memorial Day in the spring is that day we remember those who did not 
come home; Veterans Day is the day that we remember those who did. I 
will never forget a close friend of my late father, who said years 
after he returned from having served in combat in Korea, ``I don't 
think your dad ever got over the guilt of coming home.''
  My dad said good-bye forever to many close friends who served 
alongside of him in Korea, but he carried a special weight, having 
fired shots in anger for the United States in uniform. Let us remember 
our veterans and celebrate them across the land tomorrow.

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