[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OUR TROOPS DESERVE OUR THANKS

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, on Monday this week I had a chance to go to 
Walter Reed to see one of my constituents who lost a limb in the fight 
in Iraq. I saw many of his comrades who were similarly situated, who 
had lost one, two or three limbs.
  What I sensed from them was not only a sense of patriotism, but a 
love of this country. As we begin the debate today, and I know politics 
seems to permeate everything, I ask that we first think about those 
young men and women who have risked so much for this Nation, who have 
lost so much for this Nation, whose families are by their side today 
giving them the love and dedication they need to overcome this 
difficult struggle.
  Mr. Speaker, they have given the full measure of devotion to this 
Nation and they deserve our thanks. The invectives and political 
discourse need to focus on their sacrifice and not on our political 
ambitions.

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