[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H10761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        U.S. HISTORY RESOLUTION

  (Mr. McHENRY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McHENRY. Mr. Speaker, 220 years ago, 55 delegates assembled in 
Philadelphia, ``to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure 
domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the 
general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and 
our posterity.''
  The principles set forth by our Founding Fathers are still important 
today, and the Constitution and founding documents are essential to 
understand our history as a nation. They remain the bedrock of American 
society, and it is essential that we honor our Constitution as the 
embodiment of the freedoms we hold dear. That is why I introduced the 
U.S. History Resolution.
  This resolution acknowledges the importance of promoting U.S. history 
in our schools and communities, with a particular focus on America's 
founding documents.
  As the saying goes, those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. 
And to avoid this fate, we should repeat it often, but to repeat it in 
schools, to repeat it to our children so they understand where we came 
from so we can know where we are going. And that will promote a better 
America.

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