Today let us pay tribute to America’s brave men and women who daily bear the sacrifices of war and who eternally deserve the thanks of a free and grateful nation: the Paralyzed Veterans of America.

Since its founding in 1946, members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America have visited public forums ranging from the Halls of Congress to High Schools and scout troops to relate their personal experiences and raise the public’s awareness of their cause; they have advocated civil rights for all people possessed of disabilities; and they have donated over thirty million dollars towards spinal cord research.

Human suffering is the “Horror of War”; and no one more intensely experiences this horror more than our citizen-soldiers, who uniquely endure its pains. Thus we, who are free because of these brave citizen- soldiers’ sacrifices, must do everything in our power to alleviate and accommodate the pain they bore - and bear - for us.