[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18394]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              SEPTEMBER 11

  (Mr. SMITH of Nebraska asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we will look back on a 
dark day which changed our Nation and the world forever.
  On September 11, 2001, we felt the tremors of the World Trade Center 
collapsing and the attack on the Pentagon. We suffered the destruction 
of Flight 93 in rural Pennsylvania. And we came together as a country.
  On that day, we learned those who would use terror and violence make 
no distinction between innocent victims and soldiers. We learned the 
terrible lengths terrorists would go to, and their utter disregard for 
human life. We mourned the loss of so many of our fellow citizens.
  In the days, weeks, months and years since, we have honored the 
sacrifice and courage of those who showed the world America has men and 
women willing to lay down their lives for their fellow citizens.
  Mr. Speaker, our thoughts should be on the lives lost on September 
11, 2001 and of the men and women of our Armed Forces who are fighting 
for our freedom to this day.

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