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Lawmaker honors Memorial Day, highlights veterans bills and recent endorsements
Summary
In floor remarks the lawmaker paid tribute to Memorial Day, thanked a colleague who spoke about fallen service members, credited members for sponsoring veterans' bills to aid gold star families, and listed recent primary results and presidential endorsement winners.
The lawmaker paused to mark Memorial Day and praised colleague Jake Elsey for speaking from the heart about service members "who paid the ultimate sacrifice." He said the chamber should remember those who served and their families and said Americans "benefit from their heroic work every day."
The speaker credited House members Mike Bost and Tom Barrett for sponsoring two bills described as safeguarding constitutional rights of American veterans and delivering "meaningful relief to gold star families." The remarks do not include bill numbers, text, or a recorded vote; the lawmaker's comments attribute sponsorship to those members.
Turning to recent primaries, the lawmaker said he spoke with the president and praised the president's endorsements, listing three endorsed candidates who advanced: Ralph Alvarado in Kentucky, Houston Gaines, and Jim Kingston in Georgia. He framed these results as part of a broader strategy to defend and grow the House Republican majority.
