[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 13]
[House]
[Pages 18246-18247]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

  (Mr. WOODALL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. WOODALL. We have just gotten back from Thanksgiving, a uniquely 
American holiday. We're grateful for all of the blessings that we have, 
blessings that come from God the Father and blessings that come from 
having won the birth lottery and being born an American.
  As I watch the challenges that are going on around the globe, Mr. 
Speaker--I look at the challenges in Europe, I look at the challenges 
in Africa, I look at the challenges in Asia--we need to be proud of 
American exceptionalism. We need to focus on those things that exist 
here and here alone. Mr. Speaker, in the coming weeks with the 
challenges that we are going to face, let us not look to nations around 
the world and see how they are doing it. Let's look to those values and 
principles that have made this country great for over 200 years, and 
let's double down on those.

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