| 00:00:00 | IN JONES: I WAS JOINED BY MY DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN FRIENDS. |
| 00:00:06 | IT CALLS ON THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE ONE TIME AT A MONTH, AT THIS TIME, MS. |
| 00:00:10 | PELOSI, THAT SHE WOULD STAND AT THE SPEAKER'S STAND AND ASK THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO REMEMBER OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. |
| 00:00:17 | I WANT TO GIVE HER CREDIT AND THANKS THAT SHE DID IT FOR THE WHOLE TIME SHE WAS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. |
| 00:00:23 | AFTER WE, MY PARTY, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, BECAME THE MAJORITY, I WROTE SPEAKER BOEHNER AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD CONTINUE THAT MOMENT OF REMEMBRANCE OF ALL OF OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, THEIR FAMILIES AND THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIFE AND THOSE WHO WERE WOUNDED. |
| 00:00:41 | I REGRET THAT I MUST SAY THAT THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS WAS DECEMBER 16 OF 2011. |
| 00:00:48 | I INTEND TO PREPARE A LETTER TO MR. |
| 00:00:51 | BOEHNER AND ASK HIM, HIMSELF, NOT ONE TIME DO I REMEMBER, MAYBE ONE TIME, THAT HE WAS IN THE SPEAKER'S CHAIR AND HE ASKED AND SAID WE THANK YOU, WE THANK YOU, THOSE WHO SERVED AND THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH. |
| 00:01:06 | I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS JUST BECAUSE THE WAR'S NOT ON THE FRONT PAGE, BUT LAST WEEK TWO ARMY CAPTAINS FROM FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA, WHO WERE TRYING TO TRAIN THE AFGHANS WERE SHOT POINT BLANK IN THEIR FORT AND THEY WERE KILLED. |
| 00:01:25 | WE HAVE LOST 40 AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN IN AFGHANISTAN TRYING TO TRAIN AFGHANS TO BE POLICE AND SOLDIERS, 40 HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE TRAINEES, AND WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE COALITION TROOPS WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN THERE TO TRAIN THE AFGHANS, 70 HAVE BEEN KILLED. |
| 00:01:43 | THAT'S INCLUDING THE 40 AMERICANS. |
| 00:01:46 | WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS OF REMEMBERING THOSE WHO'VE GIVEN SO MUCH TO OUR COUNTRY BECAUSE TOO MANY TIMES WE GET SO WRAPPED UP WITH MAJOR ISSUES LIKE THE DEBT, THE DEFICIT, JOBS AND SO MANY IMPORTANT THINGS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN THOSE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OVER THERE IN AFGHANISTAN WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIMBS AND LIFE. |
| 00:02:11 | I WENT TO WALTER REED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, SAW THREE MARINES FROM MY DISTRICT, CAMP LEJEUNE MARINE BASE, ALL THREE HAVE LOST BOTH LEGS. |
| 00:02:20 | SO I HOPE WHEN WE GET BACK FROM THE NEXT BREAK NEXT WEEK THAT AGAIN I INTEND TO HAND DELIVER A LETTER TO THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE AS I DID A YEAR AGO AND I WANT THE SPEAKER HIMSELF TO STAND AT THE SPEAKER'S STAND AND ASK AND READ THE WORDS, THANK OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM FOR THEIR SERVICE IN NATION AND REMEMBER THOSE CHILDREN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DYING IN FREEDOM. |
| 00:02:52 | I HOPE HE INTENDS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THIS AND I HOPE FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE WILL ASK THE SPEAKER TO CONTINUE THIS RECOGNITION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH. |
| 00:03:00 | WITH THAT I'LL ASK GOD TO PLEASE BLESS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM, TO PLEASE BLESS OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. |
| 00:03:12 | I ASK GOD TO PLEASE BLESS THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WE WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR THE EYES IN GOD HERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. |
| 00:03:20 | I WILL ASK GOD TO PLEASE BLESS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF GOD. |
| 00:03:26 | AND THREE TIMES I WILL ASK GOD, PLEASE, GOD, PLEASE, GOD, PLEASE CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA AND I YIELD BACK. |
| 00:03:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE GENTLEMAN FROM MASSACHUSETTS, MR. |
| 00:03:37 | MCGOVERN. MR. |
| 00:03:38 | MCGOVERN: I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND TO REVISE AND EXTEND MY REMARKS. |
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