[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 11, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H7605-H7606]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            REMEMBERING 9/11

  (Mr. ENGEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, I am a New York Representative whose district 
is about 10 miles from the World Trade Center, and I lost many friends 
and constituents in that horrendous attack.
  Many years ago, President Roosevelt stood right here in this Chamber 
and talked about a day of infamy regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
Certainly, also the day of these attacks was a day of infamy, September 
11, 2001.
  I remember days and weeks after the attacks you would just walk in my 
district and see burned papers sort of dropping from the clouds. It is 
really something that we will remember forever. We remember the brave 
responders. We remember the people that gave their lives so that others 
can live. It also told us that we in the United States have to continue 
to fight tyranny, have to continue to remember those poor 3,000 souls 
whose lives ended. It could have been any one of us. They lost their 
lives.
  So I think that this is a time for all Americans to pause and say we 
cherish our values. We remember the people who lost their lives, and we 
will always fight against oppression wherever it rears its ugly head. 
God bless America.

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