[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 63 (Tuesday, May 10, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E847]
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 IN RECOGNITION OF THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GROUND ZERO FOLLOWING THE 
                       KILLING OF OSAMA BIN LADEN

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 10, 2011

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to join my fellow New Yorkers in 
expressing my gratitude to President Obama for visiting our city today 
and for a job very well done. Under the President's extraordinary 
leadership and with an heroic effort by our military and our 
intelligence community, at long last, a mass murderer has been brought 
to justice.
  President Obama's visit to Ground Zero will hopefully bring comfort 
to the families who lost loved ones, and bring the attention of the 
world back to the courage that so many showed on 9/11: the 
firefighters, police officers, and first responders who answered the 
call of duty and went into burning towers, never to return; the 
construction workers and volunteers who came to Ground Zero to help our 
nation recover; the office workers who risked their lives to lead 
others to safety.
  I hope the President's visit will also remind Americans how we came 
together after the attacks, a unity that impressed itself on the heart 
of the world and delivered us from some of the most difficult times our 
nation has ever faced. As the President himself said, when we come 
together, there's nothing that we can't do.

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