[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 1192]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING OUR NATION'S 44TH PRESIDENT, BARACK OBAMA

  (Mr. ROE of Tennessee asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Madam Speaker, I rise today to join in 
congratulating our Nation's 44th President, Barack Obama, on his 
inauguration. This is truly a historic moment for our Nation.
  We are all Americans first and, as Republicans, stand ready and 
willing to work with the President in restoring economic growth, 
creating jobs, restoring physical integrity and protecting our Nation's 
security.
  In the weeks and months ahead, we will surely have honest differences 
on what the best direction is for us as a country.
  But all of us start this Congress with tremendous hope for President 
Obama's success. Madam Speaker, some of us grew up at a time of 
segregation and division in our Nation. But with President Obama's 
election and inauguration as President, all of us better understand 
what Dr. King told us when he said, ``Occasionally in life there are 
those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely 
explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be 
articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.''

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