[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21958]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                     VETERANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

  (Mr. SAWYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAWYER. Mr. Speaker, it is a real privilege to follow the 
gentlewoman from Florida in her message. This weekend, all of us will 
head home and we will go out and we will speak to and about our 
veterans. It is a time to follow the leadership that the gentlewoman 
from Florida is advocating and it is a time to do something even more.
  As we go and speak to our veterans, we have an opportunity to act on 
something that most of us supported in the 106th Congress, and that is 
the Veterans Oral History Project. It is a part of the American Folk 
Life Series of the Library of Congress and it is an opportunity for us 
to take part in the gathering of American history, in telling the 
stories of American veterans as all of us seek to honor those who have 
made sacrifices on behalf of this Nation.
  It is a chance not for us to speak to them, rather, for them to speak 
to all Americans and tell the stories that are a part of our history. I 
would urge all of us to go home this weekend, and in addition to the 
speeches that we make, to take the opportunity, with a tape recorder, 
to listen to the words of those who have given so much to our Nation.

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