[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 126 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3660]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 AMERICAN IDEAL WITHSTANDS TEST OF TIME

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, recently, I received an impassioned letter 
from Elizabeth Bradley, a young woman from Bessemer City, North 
Carolina, about the American ideal.
  In her letter, she writes: ``The American ideal is the revolutionary 
thought that it is not by government, nor wealth, nor any human 
intervention that people have rights, but by the divine power of God.''
  Ms. Bradley is exactly right, Madam Speaker.
  The American ideal has withstood the test of time because of those 
who put their faith in God's plan rather than their own.
  Madam Speaker, let us never forget that we are one Nation under God, 
and the freedoms we proudly espouse are a gift that He has bestowed 
upon us.

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