Madam Speaker” I am a twenty-two year Navy Vet. Those years of service instilled a deep faith in my country, notwithstanding the obstacles placed before me. During the primaries for the 2016 election, I was beginning to feel as if my service was all in vain. Most noteworthy, the mood of the country. That year, I self-published a book “Guidance Against the Odds.” It was mainly for my grandchildren, a biography of me, as a survival guide, giving them an insight into the many obstacles of life in our beloved country. I started a webpage http://www.bookmystory.net/ and a blog, bookmystorydomain, blogging, through the Westbow press. I would address some blogging to the POTUS, the then Speaker of the House, the Chief of Staff, all the while knowing they would never see them. But I wanted to be on record in how I felt. https://bookmystorydomain.blog/2017/10/25/a-tweet-for-the-45th-president/ bookmystorydomain.blog/2018/02/15/to-the-speaker-of-the-house/ bookmystorydomain.blog/2018/01/04/a-plea-to-the-chief-of-staff/

Madam Speaker, I don’t need to repeat the many depressing things of this Administration for you already know, and my blogs say it all. But most assuredly, what has been stolen from me, is my pride, in the service of this country. And explicitly I hurt for the condescending words about Senator John McCain, the Gold Star Families, Col. Vindman and all the Government Public servants who had the pride to stand up. And then there was the failed impeachment, after so much proof. Then comes Chief Gallagher, and now Roger Stone, with so many others resting in the balance. To top it off, with a slap in the face, Rush Limbaugh. If this reasoning is not a collective feeling of the majority, and this content is not shared, then the TIDE will never change, and the sea level will continue to rise. Climate change is upon us.

Madam Speaker, I understood your insight and why you ripped the State of the Union Speech, and I salute you.