[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 114 (Thursday, September 14, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF H. RES. 994, EXPRESSING SENSE OF THE 
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF TERRORIST ATTACKS 
        LAUNCHED AGAINST THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2002

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                               speech of

                          HON. MELISSA L. BEAN

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 13, 2006

  Ms. BEAN. Mr. Speaker, every one of us in this chamber mourns the 
murder of the nearly 3,000 innocent people on September 11th. We all 
want to take the fight to the terrorists and protect America from those 
bent on harming us. Each of us wants to commemorate the deaths of the 
innocent and reaffirm our creed to never forget with an honest, humble, 
nonpartisan Resolution.
  We have shared goals, and we can come together and write a Resolution 
we can all support and of which the American people can be proud.
  I am saddened today that partisan politics have entered into the 
debate of this Resolution today, and that language was deliberately 
used in this Resolution which is divisive and unnecessary.
  Mr. Speaker, I will vote for this Resolution, but I regret that it 
could not have been more unifying, and I regret that the debate in the 
House could not have risen above the political fray for just one day.

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