[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 121 (Tuesday, September 11, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5774]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 REMEMBERING THE TRAGIC EVENTS OF 9/11

  (Mr. BARBER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to remember the tragic events 
of September 11, 2001. As we honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost that 
day, my thoughts remain with the loved ones of those who did not return 
to their families.
  We also remember with pride the national unity that our country 
showed that horrible day and in the days that followed. In tragedy, we 
laid our differences aside and found common purpose. The legacy of 9/11 
is our ability to say with certainty that no enemy or threat can change 
the values of our country and that which it stands for. I remain awed 
by the bravery and valor shown each day by our first responders and 
their brothers and sisters in uniform and by ordinary Americans.
  In Tucson, we have a special connection to 9/11. Christina Taylor 
Green was a 9/11 baby. Today would have been her 11th birthday. She 
died in the tragic shooting on January 8, 2011, when she came to speak 
with her Congresswoman.
  Just as on 9/11, we saw the spirit of the American people who came 
together in prayer, compassion, and unity on January 8, 2011, and in 
the days and weeks that followed. This is who we are as a people and 
who we always will be.
  God bless all of us and this great country in which we are privileged 
to live.

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