[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16396]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11, 2001

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Madam Speaker, to state the obvious, tomorrow is September 
11 again. Like many Americans, I will be home taking time with family 
and neighbors for a solemn reflection, remembrance and prayer, and so 
it should be for all Americans. But my earnest hope, Madam Speaker, is 
that September 11 of this year not be an anxious time; that in addition 
to remembering the lost, we actually, Madam Speaker, have much to 
commemorate.
  In the past 12 months, our people have responded with selfless 
actions of courage and generosity, our military has responded with 
valor, our President with moral clarity and purpose, and this Congress, 
Republicans and Democrats alike, have responded with resources and 
reform.

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  America is better prepared and safer this September 11 than the last. 
Let us also be confident in this, that He who sets this pilgrim's dream 
on this wilderness shore still watches over us. And I say like 
Americans have said throughout generations, I lift up my eyes to the 
hills, and where does my help come from, my help comes from the Lord.

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