[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 73 (Thursday, May 24, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

  (Mr. McNULTY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McNULTY. Mr. Speaker, like many Americans, I like to go around 
bragging about how we live in the freest and most open democracy on the 
face of the Earth, but freedom is not free.
  We paid a tremendous price for it. I try not to let a day go by 
without remembering with gratitude all of those who, like my brother 
Bill, made the supreme sacrifice, to remember all of those who, like 
some of the people I am looking at in this Chamber right now, were 
willing to put their lives on the line for all that we hold dear.
  As we approach Memorial Day in the year 2001, I am going to try to 
continue to keep my priorities straight and to do every day what I am 
doing this morning. I thank God for my life. I thank veterans for my 
way of life.

                          ____________________