00:00Since opening last year, this museum has already welcomed over 100,000 visitors.
00:05I want to thank the chair of the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation.
00:12And she's a respected woman all over.
00:15She's got great genetics, I have to tell you.
00:17Great genetics.
00:18She's got great blood.
00:19I'm a big blood person.
00:21I believe in blood.
00:22You don't get better than those two.
00:24You don't get better than those two, Charlotte.
00:27So I just want to thank you for the great job you've done.
00:30And I want to thank Jerry.
00:31He's been a friend of mine for a long time.
00:33I refuse to say how long, because you're going to say we're old people.
00:36I don't want to do that, Jerry.
00:37We want to be young, Jerry.
00:39And I want to thank Jean.
00:41She's a phenomenal woman, respected all over the planet, frankly.
00:45Thank you very much, Jean.
00:47We're joined today by Woody's family.
00:49Great family.
00:49Thank you for all being here as we sign this bill honoring Woody and more than 3,500 other
00:56true American patriots.
00:57Would you stand up, please?
00:58Woody's family.
01:09Thank you very much.
01:11Great.
01:12That's also good genetics, you know?
01:15I was saying to Charlotte, you have good genetics, too.
01:18History is made of the biographies of Brave, and America trusts every warrior to answer
01:26with courage.
01:27And when duty calls, they're there.
01:30These people are there.
01:31They're there faster than probably any of us in this room would want to be there, except
01:35for the Medal of Honor winners, of which we have some of the best.
01:40But those honored in this museum did more than answer the call.
01:44They stormed into hellfire and crushed America's enemies.
01:49They had bravery like few people could even think of having.
01:53They carried the wounded out of battle in their own backs.
01:57They carried them back and forth.
01:59I have stories that, as I, you know, I had the honor of giving out a lot of Medal of
02:05Honors
02:05and some of the stories, I'm reading them.
02:09I'm reading, I like to be a little prepared, so I'd study it a little bit before I went up
02:13there and discussed it.
02:16And I said, boy, these people are brave.
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