[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 14973]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    SALUTING THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD'S 1ST BATTALION, 133RD INFANTRY

  (Mr. BRALEY of Iowa asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in the week after 
Memorial Day to salute the brave men and women of the Iowa National 
Guard's 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry. Their devotion to serving their 
country is worth recognizing, because these men and women put their 
lives on the line, day in and day out, in Iraq.
  On Memorial Day weekend, CBS's ``60 Minutes'' devoted an entire hour 
to telling the story of the 1-133rd, one of the first times since 2004 
that they devoted an entire hour to one subject. Many Iowans watched 
intently that Sunday night as they saw the story of their friends, 
neighbors and loved ones. We saw a group of Iowans mature over 2 years 
from their deployment to their pending return back home.
  We speak a great deal in this body about our troops and the war in 
Iraq, and for good reason. But if I have learned anything from my 
interactions with the 1-133rd over the past several months, it is that 
the sacrifices we ask our troops to make when they are deployed in a 
hostile situation thousands of miles from home really are incalculable.
  The story of the 1-133rd should be required watching for all the 
Members of this body, who must weigh the decision to send our troops 
overseas.
  Again, I commend these brave men and women from Iowa.

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