[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 120 (Friday, September 14, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1663]
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   EXPRESSING SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT EVERY CITIZEN IS ENCOURAGED TO 
                            DISPLAY THE FLAG

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                               speech of

                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 13, 2001

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the September 11, 2001, World 
Trade Center and Pentagon tragedies, including the aircraft crash in 
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, will forever scar the face of democracy, 
freedom, and the circle of human dignity. But as a nation of Americans 
who have faced the greatest degree of adversity throughout our history, 
we shall, once again, overcome.
  This legislation demonstrates to ourselves and to the world, our 
collective resolve to overcome this tragedy and to stay the course in 
our journey to the mountaintop, so that all peoples of the world may 
one day live free from the tyranny of hopelessness, lawlessness, and 
apartheid.
  In our unified show of support for the sacrifice made in the name of 
freedom, by those we have lost, we ask all people of this great Nation, 
regardless of race, color, economic status, or religious denomination, 
to fly the American flag for the next 30 days.
  I urge my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to support this 
legislation.