[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            CONSTITUTION DAY

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize that this upcoming 
Saturday is Constitution Day. This annual observance of our Nation's 
founding charter was made official by President George W. Bush on 
December 8, 2004. However, Constitution Day has been celebrated for the 
past 8 years with the recitation of the Preamble by students, military 
servicemen and -women abroad, and others across the country. This is a 
special occasion, as it will mark the first simultaneous recitation of 
the Preamble.
  In reciting the Preamble, we join as a Nation to celebrate not only a 
document but a way of life, and to acknowledge freedoms given by God 
that no State or power can take away. Our Nation's Founders knew well 
the need for a government that would not impose burdens upon the 
people, but would enable them to secure the blessing of liberty.
  On this Constitution Day, I remind the Congress of our duty to 
preserve a strict interpretation of this document. The Framers of the 
Constitution knew what they were doing. They knew the dangers of a 
State that grows out of control and imposes its will on the citizenry. 
We owe it to our constituents to maintain an independent judiciary that 
is coequal with the other two branches of government, a judiciary that 
seeks to interpret the law, not write it.
  As we observe Constitution Day, let us honor the Constitution's 
Framers and embrace their foresight and wisdom by teaching this 
monument to liberty.

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