[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21777]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      ADVERSITY REVEALS CHARACTER

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, a determined enemy abroad, catastrophe and 
political upheaval at home, these are times, as Thomas Paine wrote, 
that try men's souls.
  But adversity does not create character. Adversity reveals character; 
and like the great Nation we serve, the character of this Republican 
majority under Speaker Dennis Hastert is strong, courageous, and will 
do the work the American people sent us here to do.
  We will support the war on terror through to victory. We will rebuild 
our coastline with fiscal responsibility. We will close our borders and 
end our dependence on foreign oil. We will do this because the 
character of this Congress reflects the character of America, and that 
character is strong.

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