[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6384]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              A GREAT DAY

  (Mr. GINGREY of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, today is a great day in the 
history of our country. I can't remember a better day.
  Thinking back to maybe 1980, when our ice hockey team beat Russia in 
the semifinals and went on to win the gold, that was at the height of 
the Cold War. Shortly after, Nikita Khrushchev took off his shoe and 
said, ``We will bury you.'' Yes, that was a great day that we had back 
in 1980. But today, the ``Finally, we got him'' moment in regard to, 
yes, I am talking about Osama bin Laden.
  I want to take an opportunity, Mr. Speaker, to commend the President, 
commend the CIA, commend our military, commend the Navy SEALs, the 
brave men and women that effected this. They have been working hard.
  And let's not forget the intelligence officers that worked so 
diligently at Guantanamo Bay, at Gitmo, not torturing but getting 
intelligence, finding out who that courier was, the best friend of 
Osama bin Laden that lived in his neighborhood in Pakistan. 
Intelligence is how we got him.
  It's a great day. Let's all take credit. Let's commend the President. 
We should be tremendously proud today of this accomplishment--this guy, 
the monster that caused 3,000 people to die on 9/11 and 17 on the USS 
Cole. And the men and women that have given their lives defending this 
country since then, God bless them.

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