[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12641]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WELCOMING GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN SCHOOL

  (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHIMKUS. Madam Speaker, I would like to welcome Good Shepard 
Lutheran School and all the visitors that we have in our Nation's 
Capital today.
  This constitutional Republic works. The Founding Fathers, which I 
believe established this through divine providence, established a 
government based upon compromise, also a government that is concerned 
about the different branches of government and the checks and balance 
systems which then were enacted to defend against usurpation by either 
and each branch.
  I just come here today because many times we forget about the great 
institution in which we serve, about the blessings of freedom and 
liberties, and that God truly has blessed this Nation and will continue 
to do so.

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