speaker, i welcome pastor whitten to our nation's capital and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will he want taint 15 further requests for one -- will entertain 15 further requests for one-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. for what purpose does the gentleman from arkansas seek recognition? >> request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam chair. earlier this month i visited the explosive ordinance disposal more moralial in florida. the memorial wall is located from the e.o.d. school where every man is there to render, locate, evaluate and dispose of explosives. mr. crawford: as former e.o.d., i understand the critical role our forces play as the key enablers on the war on i.e.d.'s both at home and abroad. i understand the dangers they face on the battlefield and here in the united states. the memorial wall tells the names of those who have given their life in defense of freedom. the wall d

mickey whitten saved my life. >> when the crisis with hitler arose, we knew in a way much more of whaternment, because we were taking in relatives of ours who were refugees from germany, they were the jews and they were the ones who were in danger. >> nobody expected anything quite as final as the final solution, as the holocaust, but we knew things were going to be tough. then one day i heard my mother say to a friend we're going to send our boys to england just 'til things blow over. >> we've got these children who are in danger and we're looking for a home to send them to safety. the number of children i could help depended entirely on the number of guarantors i could get. somebody said they wanted to take a child, we just sent them some photos, asked them to choose one. all they had to do was to say yes and they had one. >> the train was late that night from prague. they herded us into the toilets. last time i saw my father, spent the night there. i never saw my parents again. when i was sent to this school for czech refugees in wales, some of the children at the refugee school wer