[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17834]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   GUARANTEEING A BRIGHTER FUTURE BY PREVAILING IN THE WAR ON TERROR

  (Mr. BEAUPREZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BEAUPREZ. Madam Speaker, on September 11, 2001, America rallied 
around the Stars and Stripes as we have never before seen. From 
downtown Manhattan to the streets of my hometown in Colorado, Americans 
shared their pain and support by raising the flag. And in our flag we 
found our strength and resolve.
  Today, America is safer than ever before, in large part because we 
did not yield to those terrorists who lacked humanity and virtue.
  Our selfless soldiers continue to fight and prevail in a war on 
terror all over the world. These young men and women engage in battle, 
so that their children and grandchildren will not have to.
  As terrorist organizations are dismantled, we guarantee our young 
ones a brighter future. With every dictator we put away, we help ensure 
that our sons and daughters and their families will never have to carry 
a loved one out of rubble.
  Madam Speaker, our Nation has always been an extraordinary Nation, 
but today we rise up once again for those phenomenal firefighters, 
police officers, doctors and, yes, today's soldiers, who by their 
actions say we will not give in.
  God bless them, and God bless America.

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