[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10510]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           RALLYING TO THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN AND WOUNDED

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, the situation unfolding in Iraq is a 
tragedy.
  Almost 4,500 fellow Americans made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq 
defending our freedom and fighting oppression and tyranny. More than 
32,000 men and women who served our country in Iraq bear the wounds of 
war, and all who served had extraordinary pressures put on their 
families.
  Unless you have lived it, one cannot begin to know the pain 
experienced by the families of the fallen and the wounded. Our men and 
women in uniform fought for an ideal. That ideal is freedom: the 
freedom of religion, the freedom of speech, the freedom to assemble and 
vote and make one's voice heard, freedoms like those we have right here 
in this Chamber. That ideal will never die.
  During these difficult days, Mr. Speaker, let us make sure we are 
mindful of the sacrifice of so many and let us always rally to the 
families of the fallen and stand in solidarity with all of our 
veterans.

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