[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13945]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL REPEAL

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, I want to note that the sun indeed came up 
in America today even after we've allowed people who are gay and 
lesbian to serve in our military.
  We had a discussion for about 18 years, and now we have finally taken 
a step forward to liberty and freedom and equality again as we have so 
many times in American history.
  Now we need to make sure that those new families that are serving in 
the military get their benefits like everyone else, and that's the next 
thing we need to work on.
  Then we have to realize that the day will come when we recognize full 
marriage equality in this great country as another step forward just 
like we had yesterday. And when that great day comes, the sun will come 
up in the morning in America because we were continuing our quest to be 
a more just, more equal society.

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