[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 12731-12732]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            WELCOMING BACK REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. PELOSI. I too want to join our colleagues in recognizing the 
contribution of the pages to the conduct of the House of 
Representatives. I thank

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them, and they have, as Mr. Kildee said and others have mentioned, 
borne witness to many important historical occasions here.
  But I can't think of any that is more special and means so much to 
our country than to witness the return of our colleague who is the 
personification of courage, of sincerity, of admiration throughout the 
country. Congresswoman Gabby Giffords brings us here.
  Her presence today will make sure that we honor the obligations of 
our great country; it is important and symbolic. Her presence here in 
the Chamber as well as her service throughout her entire service in 
Congress brings honor to this Chamber.
  We are all privileged to call her ``colleague''; some of us are very 
privileged to call her ``friend.'' Throughout America, there isn't a 
name that stirs more love, more admiration, more respect, more wishing 
for our daughters to be like her than the name of Congresswoman Gabby 
Giffords.
  Thank you, Gabby.

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