[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 201 (Thursday, December 20, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H10339]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  December 20, 2018 on page H10339 the following appeared: I 
pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and 
to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. ---BODONI DASH--- 
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  The online version has been corrected to read: I pledge 
allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the 
Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, 
with liberty and justice for all. ---BODONI DASH--- ANNOUNCEMENT 
BY THE SPEAKER The SPEAKER. The Chair will entertain up to five 
requests for 1-minute speeches on each side of the aisle. ---
BODONI DASH--- HAPPY TRAILS


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  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it has been the honor of my life to 
serve in Congress.
  Today, I am reminded of why I came here in the first place. Thomas 
Jefferson said it quite well: ``We hold these truths to be self-
evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their 
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, 
Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness . . . Governments''--that would 
be us--``are instituted among Men'' to secure those rights.
  Mr. Speaker, that is our mission statement: Congress is the protector 
of freedom and liberty. Congress must make sure that the bell of 
Liberty rings loudly and strongly, for the American bright star is the 
beaming beacon of hope: the hope that all oppressed peoples yearn to 
possess.
  So, in my final words as a Member of Congress in this House of 
Representatives, Congress must hold fast to these truths: that in God 
we must trust and be faithful servants of the sacred constitutional 
principles of freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly, for 
this is our eternal duty.
  Happy trails.
  And that is just the way it is.

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