[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H5576]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              {time}  1930
                            CONSTITUTION DAY

  (Mr. BENTIVOLIO asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BENTIVOLIO. Mr. Speaker, on this Constitution Day, I want to 
applaud those in the Armed Forces who take a pledge to honor and defend 
the Constitution at the risk of life and limb.
  Every generation of Americans has been protected by what Frederick 
Douglass once called ``that glorious liberty document.'' We should take 
the time today to salute those who defend the Constitution. I fear that 
sometimes we take for granted the sacrifice that these brave men and 
women bear.
  They, like their predecessors, are the ones who allow us to secure 
our freedoms in the Constitution to pass down to future generations. 
They are the ones that allow us to gather here today to do the will of 
the people. They are the reason why the Constitution has lasted over 
two centuries as the prime example in the world of a free government.

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