[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 206 (Monday, December 7, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REMEMBERING THE 79TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, at 7:48 a.m. on December 7, 1941, the 
Empire of Japan deliberately attacked the United States--a sneak 
attack--at our naval station at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
  This surprise attack was meant to cripple the United States Pacific 
Fleet before we had the chance to do anything about World War II. 
Rather than facing defeat, the American people--our soldiers, our 
military, all of us--fought back.
  In the end, it was the determined spirit of the American military and 
the commitment of Americans to innovate and use all of our materials to 
produce wartime products that ultimately led to an Allied victory.
  Just a few short months later, on April 18, 1942, America struck back 
with the Jimmy Doolittle Raiders telling the islands of Japan that we 
are here and we are not going away. They were heroes there as well.
  Mr. Speaker, 79 years later we honor the 2,403 servicemembers and 
civilians who were killed that day--a day which President Roosevelt 
said was a date which will live in infamy. We owe them a huge amount of 
gratitude, and we also need to remember that our own military readiness 
needs to be on constant alert and that we need to do everything we can 
today to make sure that we as Americans are ready for any threat.

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