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I'M RECEIVING THE CONGRESSIONAL VETERANS
COMMENDATION AWARD THAT I WAS NOMINATED BY CHUCK WRIGHT FROM FRISCO TEXAS WHO'S ALSO A
MEMBER OF THE MARINE CORPS LEAGUE IN COLLIN COUNTY HE SUBMITTED MY NAME AND I WAS HONORED
TO BE ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS TODAY THE RECOGNITION I'M ABSOLUTELY HUMBLED I'M IN
COMPANY OF SOME OF THE THE GREATEST HEROES IN THIS COUNTRY I MEAN THEY WERE BOOTS ON THE
GROUND THEY WERE UP IN THE AIR THEY WERE DOING THINGS TO DEFEND THIS COUNTRY AND SERVE THIS
COUNTRY THAT I CAN ONLY ASPIRE TO AND I TRY TO ASPIRE TO VETERANS DAY IS A TIME FOR US TO
TAKE A LOOK AT WHO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FREEDOMS ARE ENJOYED IT WAS BECAUSE OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO
RAISED THEIR RIGHT HAND AND PLEDGED A BLANK CHECK TO THE UNITED STATES TO KEEP OUR FREEDOMS FREE WE
WERE GOING TO DO THAT AND I THINK ON THESE KIND OF DAYS MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY WE GOT TO
REMEMBER THOSE WHO SERVE BECAUSE THERE'S MILLIONS OF THEM MILLIONS OF FOLKS AMERICANS THAT HAVE
GIVEN THEIR LIVES SO WE CAN BE FREE TODAY SO TEXAS CAN BECOME TEXAS AND STAY TEXAS SO WE CAN ASSEMBLE
LIKE THIS AND PAY OUR RESPECTS RENEE RUBEN RODRIGUEZ SERGEANT UNITED STATES MARINE
CORPS SERVED 7 YEARS FROM GRAYSON COUNTY TEXAS THE COMPANY THAT I'M IN RIGHT NOW
WHO SAID I WILL BE THAT PERSON I WILL BE THAT VETERAN I WILL BE THAT SOLDIER
WHATEVER BRANCH THAT THEY THEY PLEDGED 4 6 20 30 YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN
WAKE UP UNDER A BLANKET OF FREEDOM THAT'S WHAT TODAY MEANS TO BE ABLE TO THANK
VETERANS FOR THEIR SACRIFICE ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND YES THEY DESERVE
A STANDING OVATION THEY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.