[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16761]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                  A DAY OF MOURNING AND OF RESOLUTION

  (Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, today is a day of prayer and 
mourning for America, the victims, and their loved ones. But it is also 
a day of resolution. We are resolved to bring those responsible for 
this atrocity to justice, swift and sure, and make clear that America, 
that freedom itself, will never be held hostage to terror.
  With a fresh awareness of all our vulnerability, we must move forward 
to secure our Nation. With hope that cannot be defeated, we must turn 
toward the best within us, put aside our differences, respond to the 
continuing crisis, and begin the process of rebuilding.
  May God bless America.

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