Rep. Brandon Gill Honors Fallen Carrollton Soldier At Packed Flower Mound Open House
An enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan killed Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, on July 17, the Army said. The Army linked the deaths to Iranian aggression. Gonzales served with the 1st Battalion, 57th Air Defense Artillery Regiment.
“We just this past week lost one of our own, Private Isabella Gonzales, who was killed in Jordan in an Iranian airstrike,” Gill told attendees.
“Absolutely horrific tragedy. Make sure we don’t forget because that’s the reason why we get to live in the greatest country in the world. We have an incredible military willing to sacrifice everything for us.”
Gill also highlighted work by the Republican-controlled Congress during his first 18 months in office, pointing to tax cuts, border-security spending and changes to mandatory federal programs.
“We’ve gotten a lot of work done over the past year and a half,” Gill said. “We passed the big tax bill last year. We cut taxes across the board, provided over $100 billion in border security funding, cut abou…