[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 145 (Wednesday, September 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H5328-H5329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            CONSTITUTION DAY

  (Mr. LOPEZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LOPEZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate yesterday's 237th 
anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution. What 
began as a grand experiment in governance has culminated into the most 
free, productive, and powerful nation in the history of the world.
  The wisdom that our Founding Fathers embedded into the U.S. 
Constitution has proven the test of time, and we must hold to it just 
as strongly today as we have through the centuries of intermittent war 
and economic depressions.
  We live in a time of great social unrest, political polarization, and 
differing ideologies threatening to tear this country apart. However, 
if we hold steadfastly to the truth and guiding principles of our 
Constitution, we will

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not only weather the storm of today's issues but all that follow them 
as well.
  We remember that we are all Americans, and it is our collective 
pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness which unites us together. May 
the Constitution continue to remind us of this for generations to come.

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