[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 60 (Wednesday, May 13, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        CELEBRATING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION ON THE ONE DOLLAR BILL

  (Mr. BLILEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BLILEY. Mr. Speaker, last week I introduced legislation to put an 
abbreviated version of the Constitution on the reverse side of the $1 
bill.
  The aim of this legislation is to celebrate the Constitution as a 
living American symbol and integrate it into our lives on a daily 
basis. Studies have consistently shown that Americans do not know all 
the rights and freedoms guaranteed to them by the Constitution.
  Placing an abbreviated version of the Constitution on the $1 bill 
will serve as a daily reminder and teaching tool of the principles upon 
which the United States was founded. It will spread the philosophy of 
representative democracy and freedom around the world. It will allow 
Americans to take pride in this living document, the values for which 
it stands, and in their Nation.
  It has been my pleasure to work with the students at Liberty Middle 
School in Hanover County, Virginia and their teacher, Randy Wright, on 
this bill. I commend them for their active participation in our 
government and am proud to sponsor this legislation on their behalf.

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