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Today. Since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements. The first recipient was general George Washington himself in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to House Resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the First Special Service Force. The force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1,800 american and canadian commandos. Just how elite . Well, for every man they lost they killed 25. For every man they captured, they took 235. The force was so fearless that the enemy dubbed them, the devils. And ...

George washington in march of 1776. Today, pursuant to senate bill 309 we will present a gold medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol whose valor and dedication saved countless lives during world war ii. The Civil Air Patrol was organized some six days before the bombing of pearl harbor. Its members flew more than 24 million miles on coastal patrol. They summoned help for ships and survivors in distress, they spotted enemy submarines, dropped bombs, depth charges and some 64 americans died during these operations. Those who lived have quite the stories to tell. Many of them are with us today....

The rev rand, john a. Boehner. Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the u. S. Capitol. Thank you for being here to continue a great tradition. One that dates back before our country was even a country. The congressional gold medal represents the highest expression of the peoples appreciation for distinguished achievements and contributions. The first was George Washington and today, we will present a gold medal to members of the Civil Air Patrol with valor and dedication saved countless lives in world war ii. The Civil Air Patrol was organized some six days before the bombing of...

I know its been bad for a while. I know its been bad for a while. If youre asking me to explain why the influx over the last cup of months all of the sudden if you could, yeah, sure. Im not sure i have the answer to that question. I do believe that the Smuggling Organizations are putting out a lot of disinformation about the conditions, the legal conditions here in the United States to induce this activity. And i agree with you, congressman, that we have to put in place, and i think were doing this, a number of deterrent factors. Increased housing to detain parents, adults who come to this cou...

Keep it from being too strong, but keep it from being weakened on the floor, and because they conducted debate in whats known as the committee of the whole, votes were not recorded by and large, and the only way to know how someone voted was to be there physically and watch, and except for reporters, no one could take notes on paper in the house gallery so the forces led by Clarence Mitchell and others devised a system of gallery watchers, the segregationists called them vultures, but they had to sit there and keep notes in their head who was voting how, what amendment, and in the precell phon...