[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 42 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H2384]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  EXPRESSING GRATITUDE TO SERVE AS REPRESENTATIVE FOR FLORIDA'S 13TH 
                         CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

  (Mr. JOLLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I thank you and my new colleagues. Ms. Ros-
Lehtinen and Ms. Brown, thank you very much. To the people of Florida's 
13th Congressional District, I want to say thank you today for giving 
me a remarkable life opportunity, the opportunity to serve.
  For my new colleagues, I simply want you to know two things about 
this new Member. First, I believe in this institution, the people's 
House. I believe in all that is good and right about this institution, 
the opportunity that this institution has to make our Nation better, to 
direct our Nation down the right path, to solve problems for all of us, 
and to secure for every American the sacred blessings of liberty.
  The second thing I would like you to know about this new Congressman 
is I believe in civility. I had a wonderful opportunity to work for a 
man with whom you each served, and he left an indelible legacy in this 
House--one of civility. We are all elected to fight for our communities 
and to fight for our constituents. We are elected to fight for our 
convictions, for the causes we believe in, but it is a fight for the 
future of our country; it is not a fight against each other, and I know 
that.
  We have had a nationally watched race. That race is over, and now it 
is time for me as a Member of Congress of this body to join with each 
of you to follow in the footsteps you have made in serving your 
community as I begin to serve mine.
  You have my commitment today to work with each and every one of you. 
I look forward to it. I look forward to working with each and every one 
of you, and I would like to say thank you one more time to my friends 
and neighbors and my community, Florida's 13th Congressional District, 
that has given me this honor today. God bless each and every one of 
you.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank you for this moment.

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