[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16939]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



YES VOTE ON HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 61, CONDEMNING THE TERRORIST ATTACKS 
                         ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

  (Mr. CROWLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, on Rollcall 338, which occurred on 
September 12, 2001, unfortunately, due to circumstances beyond my 
control, I was unable to be here to vote on this important resolution. 
I would like to take this opportunity to state for the Record that had 
I been here, I would have voted ``yea'' on House Joint Resolution 61, 
condemning the cowardly terrorist attacks which took place on September 
11.
  I spent part of yesterday visiting the rescue operation team at the 
World Trade Center in their attempt to find more survivors within the 
rubble. I still find it difficult to recount the horrors that I 
witnessed, but I assure my colleagues that what I saw is unprecedented 
in the history of our country. It reaffirms my faith, though, in 
America and in this Congress that has moved so quickly, with such force 
and unity, to condemn these attacks and has guaranteed the support of 
the people of the United States for New York City, for Washington, 
D.C., and for all the victims of this vicious, vicious attack.

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