[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17331]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                   AWARDING CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDALS

  (Mr. TANCREDO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. TANCREDO. Mr. Speaker, there are countless heroes that have 
emerged from this tragedy, firefighters, police and others who have 
offered themselves in aid to their fellow citizens; but a few have 
risen even above those, and these are the folks that through their acts 
of incredible valor actually saved the lives of countless others. They 
are Jeremy Glick, Todd Beamer, Tom Burnett, and Mark Bingham and the 
other members of the crew and passengers of Flight 93 that were 
hijacked.
  These people did something so extraordinary that it deserves the 
attention of this Congress. The way we are able to provide that 
attention is to award them and the other members of the crew and the 
passengers of that plane who participated in the events that prevented 
that plane from reaching its ultimate destination and killing who knows 
how many other people. We should, in fact, therefore, bestow on them 
the Congressional Gold Medal.
  Mr. Speaker, I am introducing legislation today for that purpose, and 
I encourage all of my colleagues to join me in that effort.

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