[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 26, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                   WHAT PEOPLE GAVE FOR THEIR COUNTRY

  (Mr. COHEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, on Monday it was my birthday, and it didn't 
quite go as planned. One of the things I did is I went to Arlington 
Cemetery and spent 4 hours looking at the graves and thinking about 
American history and the people who wished they had a birthday, and 
what they gave for their country. Some gave their lives, some gave part 
of their lives.
  I visited the Kennedy graves and let the word go forth. I visited 
Robert Kennedy's grave and the tiny ripples of hope that can wipe down 
the mightiest walls of oppression. But I found Earl Warren's grave, 
along with John Foster Dulles and Arthur Goldberg together.
  I would like to read from Earl Warren's tombstone. I think it is 
something we should reflect on.
  ``Where there is injustice, we should correct it. Where there is 
poverty, we should eliminate it. Where there is corruption, we should 
stamp it out. Where there is violence, we should punish it. Where there 
is neglect, we should provide care. Where there is war, we should 
restore peace. And wherever corrections are achieved, we should add 
them permanently to our storehouse of treasures.''
  This from the vice presidential candidate of the Grand Old Party in 
1948, the nominee for the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice, 
nominated by Dwight Eisenhower when Republicans were Republicans. Thank 
God for Earl Warren.
  God bless the United States, and may God save the Gulf of Mexico 
because it doesn't look like anybody else is going to.

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