House Proceeding 02-24-10 on Feb 24th, 2010 :: 1:52:35 to 1:58:10
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Patrick Murphy: murphy. mr. murphy: i thank the gentleman from pennsylvania and now the team and the delegation and i want to echo the comments of comments made by mr. carney, also from pennsylvania, that when he can came in together he was really our mentor -- when we came in together he was really

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Speech By: Patrick Murphy

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Patrick Murphy: our mentor, he was a great man. we heard earlier republicans talk about the honor to serve with a great patriot like jack murtha, the fact that he always reached across the aisle and that as the paul bearers at the service last week, there were both democrats and republicans coming together to be those paul

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Patrick Murphy: bearers in that final service. and in that service last week we heard about how mrs. bell told a young jack patrick murtha that one person can make a difference , that one person can change the world and whether it was the marine corps and the congress of

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Patrick Murphy: the united states was a family, jack patrick murtha certainly did make quite a difference. in the military he was proud of his over three decades in the corps. he was proud that he was a first combat marine to serve in the united states congress.

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Patrick Murphy: he was proud when he had given the marine corps and general conaway talked in the service last week about having that knife. he was also proud to go down the street at walter reed military hospital to see the men and women, our country's heroes, when they came back, when they

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Patrick Murphy: gave their all to the battlefield and they came home and he was there for them. his time in the congress he was proud of the family that made up team murtha, the folks that served with great honor and

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Patrick Murphy: distinction not just theer to be -- to the constituents of the 12th district of pennsylvania but also to the citizens of the united states of america. i'm a person that often says th document. if you want to see someone's priorities, you look at their budgets, whether it's a family budget or a country's budget,

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Patrick Murphy: well, the fact is that jack murtha made sure that our troops had everything that they need, that if our war fighters were going to put their life on the line and if they were going to be willing to take a bullet to keep our families and our country safe, jack murtha did

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Patrick Murphy: not want a fair fight. he didn't want a fair fight. jack murtha wanted to make sure that our troops had a tactical and technical advantage on th battefield. jack murtha also wanted to make sure that the congress of the

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Patrick Murphy: united states and our country's policymakers also had the right war policy for those troops. as john larson said earlier, when jack murtha spoke about a timeline to bring our troops home from iraq, it sent shock waves not just around our

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Patrick Murphy: country but around th world that he was going to stand up for principle to do the right thing. that's kind of marine, that's the kind of leader, that jack murtha was. it was no surprise to many of us who watched him throughout the years when he was awarded

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Patrick Murphy: the john kennedy profile in courage. he was so proud of that award because he knew what that award represented. the fact that he a guy who grew up in johnstown, penylvania, finally did make a difference. lastly, we al know jack to be

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Patrick Murphy: the family man that he was. the fact is, he was most proud of his wife, joyce, his kids, and his grandchildren. he'd be here at the capitol by 6:00 in the morning at least,

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Patrick Murphy: then when we had late votes at 7:00 or 7:30, he'd get fidgety, he said, i have to get home. he wanted to be sure he was home with his family to have a meal. i believe that john patrick murtha, and the service that go

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Patrick Murphy: he gave to our country as a marine, as the chairman, and as a family man is a testament to his life's work, that one man can make a difference.