Sam Johnson: U.S. Congressman, Third District of Texas

Washington, Sep 9, 2011 -

U.S. Congressman Sam Johnson (3^rd Dist.-Texas) released the following statement on the ten year anniversary of September 11, 2001.  A 29-year Air Force veteran, Johnson spent nearly seven years as a Prisoner of War in Vietnam – more than half of that time in solitary confinement.

“Today, we remember the thousands of innocent Americans who lost their lives in the fateful September 11th terrorist attacks that forever changed our nation.  On this tenth anniversary of 9/11, we must remember the innocent victims – as well as their loved ones, the heroic first responders who made the ultimate sacrifice in order to help others, and those in uniform who risk their lives every day for our freedom.  We owe a debt of gratitude to our military men and women who worked for more than a decade to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and succeeded in their mission on May 1st, when the Al Qaeda leader was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces.

“The United States stands as a beacon of freedom and democracy for the entire world to see.  Americans have shown time and again that we are willing to defend our freedom when it is threatened.  We will prevail in the war against terror, showing the world that our love of freedom is stronger than our enemy’s desire for bloodshed and tyranny.

“My thoughts and prayers go out to the families of those who lost loved ones and our nation as a whole.  May God bless our men and women in uniform and may He continue to bless the United States of America.”

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