[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 175 (Monday, December 8, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H12752]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 INFAMOUS DAYS IN OUR NATION'S HISTORY

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, yesterday was the anniversary of the attack 
on Pearl Harbor. That day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, 
was ``a day that will live in infamy.'' More than 2,400 Americans died 
that day, 1,100 were wounded, and that day changed America forever.
  But despite being attacked on our own soil, the American people 
responded with courage and resolution.
  This same courage showed its face on September 11, 2001. That same 
resolution continues to drive us in the war on global terrorism today.
  As President Bush said this weekend honoring Pearl Harbor, 
``America's liberty is sustained by the courage of the American people. 
Every generation of Americans has answered the call to protect the 
blessings of freedom and democracy. With the help of our friends and 
allies, the brave men and women of our Armed Forces are now engaged in 
a global war on terrorism. And as in the aftermath of the terrible 
attack on Pearl Harbor, our Nation will stay the course, and we will 
prevail.''

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