Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf the United States house of representatives 115th congress, welcome to todays reath laying ceremony. Mr. Collins eternal god, we are thankful nor moment of remembrance for it is in the silence of this hall that we remember the sacrifices of those who have laid their life down in service to this country. We remember the brothers and the sisters in arms who willingly took on the responsibility and the burden of the defense of this country. We are thankful for their sacrifice and remembrance of their families. Who saw them leave but did not see them return. I pray that we will always remember that measure of devotion and that in every moment of silence we remember that we are here in great part by their sacrifice that we honor in this place on this day. For you have given us strength. Let us have the courage to act upon it. As these we remember from every branch of service. It is in your name we pray, amen. Since its founding after the civil war, the observance of memorial day has been a solemn reminder of the cost paid by the men and women who laid down their life on the service of freedom. Air force. All present. Coast forward, all present. Todays ceremony will feature six wreaths representing the army, marine corps, navy, coast forward and those missing in action. Representing the United States army, Brigadier General stivers and major tulsi gabbard. Representing the United States marine corps, Lieutenant General jack ferman and colonel paul cook. Representing the United StatesNavy Commander timur fi and Lieutenant Commander pete holt. Tim murphy and Lieutenant Commander pete holt. Representing the United States air force, Brigadier General donald bacon and major dam kinsinger. Kinziger. Representing the United States coast guard, Ralph Abraham and seaman steve blaney. To represent those held captive or still unaccounted for, major tim walz and colonel joe wilson, United States army. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now observe a moment of silence, followed by taps. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes todays ceremony. Thank you for attending. Regard lets of your background, remember where you came from. Hold on to the way so many of you reached out to mentor young ersons through the cares about kids, hold on to the way you engaged in this community. And make sure to bring that commitment to whatever walk of life you choose. Bravery not perfection was the key that unlocked every door i have walked through since. It took me 33 years to figure out that brown girls can do white guy things too. You understand that you are here because of a lot of help then you also understand that now is time to help others. Thats what this is all about. Saturday night at 8 00 eastern, 2017 commencement speeches. This weekend speakers include former california governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at the university of houston. Former Vice President joe biden at Colby College in maine. Girls who code founder at Scripps College in california. Arizona governor doug dews si at embryriddle aeronaughtic university. Santa fe mayor gonzalez, and michigan governor rick snider at Adrian Community college in michigan. Saturday night at 8 00 eastern on cspan and cspan. Org. On capitol hill today, Homeland Security secretary john kelly spoke about homegrown terrorism and his expectation of additional attempts similar to the recent bombing in manchester, england. Other topics, funding for a wall on the southwest u. S. Border, sanctuary cities, c