[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 17643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HEAR WHAT I HEAR: THANKING THE ARMED FORCES AND THEIR FAMILIES THIS 
                               CHRISTMAS

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 10, 2014

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor our Armed Forces and their 
families, on this Christmas and holiday season of giving. Their gifts 
to our Nation are of the greatest. Let's keep them in our prayers this 
Christmas and holiday season. I submit this poem penned in their honor 
by Albert Carey Caswell.

                            Hear What I Hear

     Pray for peace, people everywhere
     Listen to what I say I say
     The child, the child, sleeping in the night
     he will bring us goodness and light
     he will bring us goodness and light
     Do you hear what I hear,
     I hear
     This Christmas our troops are coming home,
     to their loved ones where they belong
     To be near.
     To be near
     Do you hear what I hear
     I hear
     All those most poignant tears,
     of all those who've lost their loved ones so very dear
     So dear
     Who will be alone year after year
     After year
     Never again to be near
     To be near
     All of those little boys and girls,
     who've lost all their best friends in the world
     In the world
     Do you see what I see
     I see
     All those amputees,
     who gave all their strong arms and legs,
     as for you and me what they gave
     What they gave
     And all those physical therapists who inspire these
     To dig in deep
     Dig in deep
     Do you see what I see
     All those selfless ones,
     whose eyesight is now gone,
     all for the price of freedom they paid
     They paid
     Do you know what I know
     I know
     How inside them all so grows,
     the scars of war upon them so
     PTS something on that outside which doesn't show
     Do you know what I know
     Our Armed Forces,
     are our most brilliant of all souls
     Whose hearts are made of gold,
     and their families so
     And their families so
     Let us bring them silver and gold
     Silver and gold
     All in our hearts that we hold,
     that we hold
     Do you know what I know
     All those doctors and nurses so,
     who from death have so stole
     So stole
     Giving all those families hope
     Giving them peace and such hope
     As all across America in hospitals their dedication shows
     Shows
     Do you see what I see
     I see
     On this Christmas Eve,
     how much we owe to all of these
     How great they are so all indeed
     With a voice as big as the sea
     as big as the sea
     Found in all their deeds
     In this season,
     of the birth of the Prince of Peace,
     please please remember him and all of these
     Because they too bring us goodness and light,
     they bring us goodness and light
     By: Albert Caswell.

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