[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 117 (Tuesday, September 11, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H5501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              THE GRAY WAR

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the bloodiest attack in American history 
occurred yesterday, September 11, 2001, a date which will live in 
infamy. Life in America as we know it will change.
  Let us, as Members of Congress, and more importantly as Americans, 
resolve to help these families who lost loved ones in this cowardly 
attack and provide the necessary resources to both the people in New 
York and Washington, D.C. to aid in the recovery and assist these 
families.
  The attacks yesterday remind us of the shock and horror experienced 
in Pearl Harbor. We must and will work to ensure that this barbarism 
never occurs again.
  So, my colleagues, we won World War I, II, and the Cold War, but now 
we must prevail in what is called the ``Gray War.'' The ``Gray War'' is 
a war against the faceless spector of terrorism. We will prevail here 
also.

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