Rep. McClintock gave the following speech in the memory of Army Spc. Jeremiah P. McCleery of Portola, CA, who as killed in action in Iraq. A version of this speech was delivered at a memorial for Spc. McCleery in Quincy on Memorial Day.
I rise today with the sad duty of recognizing the death in combat of Army Specialist Jeremiah P. McCleery, age 24, of Portola, California.