[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   COMMEMORATING ARIZONA'S CENTENNIAL

  (Mr. QUAYLE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. QUAYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about a very happy 
occasion for every member of the Arizona delegation. I'm proud to have 
introduced H. Con. Res. 100, which invites the entire House of 
Representatives to join with the Arizona delegation in commemorating 
Arizona's centennial.
  For the past 100 years, Arizona has stood as a beacon of opportunity 
for millions of individuals who came to the State to make a better life 
for themselves and their families. They came to Arizona and built the 
State we know today, a State with rich diversity, a soaring optimism, 
driven by an innovative spirit. They came because they know that 
Arizona embodies what's best in America.
  I can't imagine a better place to live, and I'm proud to call Arizona 
home. I'm proud that it's the place that I've chosen to start my 
family, and representing this wonderful State is an honor beyond words.
  Arizona has had 100 great years. We start the next 100 with the same 
spirit of optimism and determination that made our State great, and we 
still possess that same fierce independence needed to keep it great.

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