[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 140 (Tuesday, September 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1668]
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   224TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION

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                            HON. JEFF DENHAM

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 20, 2011

  Mr. DENHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with my colleague, Mr. Nunes, 
to commemorate the 224th anniversary of the signing of the United 
States Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
  The signing of the Constitution by thirty-nine delegates to the 
Constitutional Convention, led by George Washington, represents the 
formal beginning of our Republic. In conjunction with the Bill of 
Rights, the Constitution is one of the greatest documents in history, a 
model for more than 100 governments around the world; what President 
Lincoln describes in his Gettysburg Address as a ``government of the 
people, by the people, for the people.''
  Mr. Speaker, please join Mr. Nunes and me in celebrating the 224th 
anniversary of this historic day, and in recognizing the contribution 
of the U.S. Constitution to American freedom.

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