[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 117 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H6163-H6164]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                RECOGNIZING THE NATIONAL DAY OF CIVILITY

  (Ms. TENNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the special day 
that today is. It is the National Day of Civility, 
#nationaldayofcivility.
  I wanted to recognize this day because last year, as a freshman 
Member,

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even before we were sworn in, my freshman colleagues and I were stuck 
in Williamsburg in a snowstorm. When we were stuck together, we decided 
to come up with a new course for our class and a new initiative called 
the Commitment to Civility--thanks to my colleagues,  Mike Johnson 
especially, for this brainchild.
  From that day forward, we all agreed, and all of us except, I think, 
I believe three Members on the Democratic side, signed this with the 
hope of us finding a different course, finding some more civility and 
some more work across the aisle.
  To this day, I have tried to live up to that commitment. Every bill 
that I have introduced that is originally sponsored, I have done with 
the bipartisan support of my Democratic colleagues. We have endeavored 
to work together on a number of initiatives, whether it is soliciting 
advice from other committees or the President or any kind of letter to 
the agencies that we represent.
  Mr. Speaker, I just want to say thank you to all my colleagues who 
signed this and who continue to live up to our commitment to civility.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in encouraging that H. 
Res. 400, Creating a National Day of Civility, be recognized.

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