[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 175 (Monday, November 14, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H8491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        THE IMPORTANCE OF VOTING

  (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank every parent, 
grandparent, aunt, uncle and neighbor that took a child with them to 
the polling place during this past election.
  This simple act of bringing a child to their polling place and 
letting them see how a vote is cast is a powerful form of education 
about the United States of America for the aspiring generations.
  Involving children, too, in seeing how you fill out a mail-in ballot 
is a lesson every person can teach. It teaches youngsters how important 
voting is as an adult and allows children to absorb and learn directly 
about liberty, about individual freedom, and about meeting one's civic 
responsibility to community and Nation.
  Voting demonstrates fundamental reverence to Old Glory. Long may she 
fly high.

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