[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H7371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CONSTITUTION DAY

  (Mr. DREIER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, ``We the people of the United States, in 
order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic 
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general 
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our 
posterity, do ordain in this Constitution for the United States of 
America.''
  It was 210 years ago today that 39 courageous individuals signed that 
document and began the ratification process.
  It has been fascinating for me to sit here, Mr. Speaker, listening to 
these speeches and watching the greatest deliberative body known to man 
proceed with its work, and it is important that we note this very, very 
important Constitution Day, and it is also Peggy Sampson's birthday 
back in the Cloakroom.

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