[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H5500]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THREE THINGS AMERICANS CAN DO TO RESPOND TO THE ATTACK ON OUR COUNTRY

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, in the last 24 hours I have heard a very 
powerful statement from thousands of Americans, a question. That is: 
What can I do?
  I would suggest three things:
  We can give blood, not just in the next day, but in the next several 
months.
  Number two, we can tell our children that they are safe, and they are 
safe in their schools. We cannot allow these terrorists to create an 
image and a feeling of fear of our kids when they go to school.
  Third, and I think most important, we need to talk to our children 
and tell them that at the same time they are discovering the nature of 
evil in certain people, and cowardice in certain people, and terrorism 
in certain people, there is courage in Americans.
  We can share the stories of these firefighters and these police 
officers who went into these buildings, so that our children know, as 
it has always been and will always be, the courage of people, of 
individual Americans, is going to surmount cowardice.

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