[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13095]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TRAVEL AND TOURISM: AMERICA'S FRONT DOOR

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, today we are going to debate and vote on the 
Defense bill. And I stand today to talk about a different issue. About 
an offense. An offense that celebrates the greatness of America.
  I join today with Representative Jon Porter, my cochair for the 
Congressional Tourism and Travel Caucus. What we want to point out is 
that the greatest strengths of America lie in its land and its people 
and the best way to know that is to get out and about, or be a tourist.
  One doesn't have to go far. They can be in their own community. We 
will also see many people from other parts of the world coming to the 
United States this summer. And our issue is to make awareness of this. 
Reach out. Thank people who are in the tourism industry, whether it is 
a bus driver or an airplane pilot or a waitress in a restaurant. 
Celebrate the greatness of America. Look at this building, this town, 
this great city, the great people that have built the history of this 
town.
  Tourism is everywhere, and tourism is the greatest asset America has 
to expose.

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