[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 20, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H5648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CONSTITUTION WEEK

  (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise in recognition of 
Constitution Week.
  I especially want to honor the efforts of the Daughters of the 
American Revolution, who initiated the observance of Constitution Week 
in 1955, in order to encourage the study of the events that led to the 
framing of the Constitution in 1787; to inform the citizens of the 
United States of America that the Constitution is the basis of 
America's heritage and our way of life; and to reinforce our 
responsibility to protect, defend, and preserve this great document.
  Over this past weekend, the Colonel Hugh White-Colonel John Chatham 
Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Lock Haven, located in 
Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District, organized a display of the 
Constitution and the Declaration of Independence at the community's 
library.
  I want to thank the members of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution in Lock Haven and the members of the DAR all over 
Pennsylvania's Fifth Congressional District for everything they do to 
make sure that we never forget the work of our Nation's Founders and 
the tremendous importance of our Constitution.

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