[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 19107]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        COMMEMORATING DECEMBER 7

  (Mr. CARNEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARNEY. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate two very 
important events in our Nation's history that occurred on December 7. 
As we know, today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. We pray for 
the more than 3,500 U.S. soldiers and civilians who were killed or 
wounded in defense of our Nation that day. The sacrifices they made 70 
years ago are not unlike the sacrifices that our soldiers and their 
families are being asked to make today.
  December 7 is also an important milestone for the founding of our 
Nation. Today is Delaware Day, the 224th anniversary of Delaware's 
ratification of the United States Constitution, making Delaware the 
first State to join the Nation.
  Delaware's Founding Fathers saw the vision and genius of the form of 
government laid out in our Constitution. It is this vision and this 
document that continues to guide everything we do today.
  So let us take time today to remember the contributions every 
generation has made to protect the values and freedoms upon which this 
great Nation was founded.

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