[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18346-18347]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




HONORING THE MEMORY OF FIVE MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARDSMEN KILLED IN THE 
                              LINE OF DUTY

  (Mrs. BACHMANN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BACHMANN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of 
members of the Minnesota National Guard who were killed in the line of 
duty this past week in the service of our great country. Minnesotans 
gathered together last evening in a silent vigil in my hometown in 
Stillwater where they remembered, cried and prayed for five brave 
members of our American military who willingly laid their lives on the 
altar of freedom.
  On Friday I spoke with the parents of one of these servicemen who 
only hours earlier received a knock on their door, the knock that no 
parent ever wants to answer. And in their conversation with me, Madam 
Speaker, the parents honored their son amidst their grief, their pride 
in his bravery swelling their hearts.
  May these families be comforted in their sorrow, and may the memories 
of these brave soldiers live in our hearts forever.

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