[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 125 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1661]
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                       COMMEMORATING SEPTEMBER 11

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                               speech of

                         HON. CAROLYN McCARTHY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 14, 2010

  Mrs. McCARTHY of New York. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H. 
Res. 1610.
  We must never forget the events of September 11, 2001, the victims, 
the responders, or the survivors.
  September 11 was a horrifyingly destructive day of national tragedy. 
Innocent men, women and children of all ages, ethnicities, religions, 
and nationalities were killed that day by narrow minded, hateful men 
bent on a worldview of ignorance and oppression.
  In that darkest hour, however, were revealed some of the brightest 
lights of the American community.
  Our firefighters, police and other first responders bravely 
sacrificed their lives in an effort to save as many people as possible.
  Individuals from communities around the country raced to New York and 
Washington, DC to provide whatever help they could.
  And men and women from every state stepped up to defend the nation 
and joined the Armed Forces.
  In the immediate aftermath of 9/11 our country came together with one 
voice to fight against the ideology of hatred embraced by the 
terrorists that attacked us.
  We continue to fight around the world to oppose the advocates of 
terror and advance for all people the rights that our founders first 
articulated: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

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