[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1558]
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                     DESCENDANTS' DAY PROCLAMATION

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                            HON. BOB CLEMENT

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 11, 1996

  Mr. CLEMENT. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to submit this declaration by 
Trust for the Future to the U.S. House of Representatives to honor the 
work of Trust for the Future and its president, Charles A. Howell III.

       Be it known by all present, that, from this day forward, 
     the last Sunday of June is to be known as Descendants' Day. 
     Henceforth, this shall be the day in each year when all the 
     world's citizens take an accounting of their activities 
     during the preceding year which have impacted our descendants 
     and our neighbors across time.
       Be it further proclaimed, that the ultimate goal of this 
     endeavour is to reach the day when we can celebrate a year 
     where the consequences of our actions have no measurable 
     negative impact on our descendants and neighbors across time 
     and instead we can measure the residual impact of our human 
     activities and find them to be undeniably sustainable and 
     beneficial.
       We aspire to encourage others around the world to join in 
     this yearly celebration of courageous accountability in the 
     sure knowledge that we will be followed, as we have been 
     preceded, by billions of persons who will either damn us or 
     praise us for the efforts we may or may not expend on their 
     behalf.
       Whatever the consequences may be to our present generations 
     we must immediately recognize this opportunity for high 
     service to those we will never know or who will never look up 
     to us in love and gratitude for our steadfastness in this 
     effort. We ask the God of all Humankind to help us achieve 
     our high calling for we can only be successful if we have 
     Divine Guidance and Undergirding.
       On this the Eleventh day of the Ninth month in the year of 
     Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety Six, we affirm 
     our desire to pursue this course with all diligence and 
     hereunto set our hand.

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