[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16757]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   EMERGENCY WORKERS RESPOND WITH FOCUS, COMPASSION, DEDICATION, AND 
                             DETERMINATION

  (Ms. HART asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HART. Mr. Speaker, I, as my colleagues do, rise with a heavy 
heart today. I extend my sympathy also to the victims, their families, 
those who are lost at this time; and pray that God will comfort them.
  I thank God, though, for those emergency workers. Mr. Speaker, 911, 
yesterday's date, 9-11, should mobilize all Americans to answer the 
emergency.
  The police, the firefighters, the medical personnel, and the rescue 
workers all responded yesterday with determination. They responded with 
focus, with compassion, and with dedication. We must do the same, 
because we must triumph as a Nation and as a people over this terrorist 
act.
  I support the President and his resolve to hunt down those who 
facilitated this act of war and bring them to justice. We will bring 
them to justice. We as Americans must remember that preservation of 
freedom is not easy. We are facing the toughest time in our history, 
but we will triumph.

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