January 9, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 5 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              HONORING SERGEANT FIRST CLASS EDWARD KRAMER

  (Mr. WALKER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WALKER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of 
our fallen servicemembers in Iraq, Sergeant First Class Edward Kramer.
  Sergeant Kramer was a North Carolina National Guard soldier killed in 
action by an IED on his last day of combat operations while he was 
deployed to Iraq, leaving a family and young children behind.
  General Soleimani's brutal reign of terror was responsible for the 
deployment of the IEDs that killed and wounded soldiers such as 
Sergeant First Class Kramer. In fact, Soleimani's reign of terror 
killed and wounded over 600 servicemembers in Iraq.
  We can never fully repay the families of our fallen soldiers, but we 
can seek justice. Terrorism must never prevail over American freedom 
and identity.

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