[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13283]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        REMEMBERING SEPTEMBER 11

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Today we introduced a resolution to honor 
those whose lives were lost on 9/11. As a Member of Congress, I vividly 
remember as we rushed from this building and glared at the Pentagon and 
saw the remains of the plane that had attacked this Nation. From 
Pennsylvania to Washington, D.C. to New York, our lives were changed as 
America watched.
  Today, as I stand on this floor, I offer my deepest remorse and 
sympathy to the families who still are in pain, to the first responders 
whose memories are still glaring in their attempt to find those who 
were lost and to save what might be left and the pain they have and the 
health conditions they suffer.
  But what I will say to America is that we are still America, strong, 
patriotic and believing in all that we are, the great diversity that we 
are. Thank you to the Muslims who are in the Capitol right now 
providing the gift of life, giving blood. Thank you to the City of 
Houston that will be honoring those this coming weekend. We will be 
together because we are America. We will not be deterred.

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