[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13585]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            9/11 ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. HAHN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HAHN. As we mark yet another anniversary of a September morning 
that dawned just as any other, we are first and foremost called to 
remember; but as we remember the fear and the grief of a day born of 
unfathomable hate, we remember, too, the impossible heroism of so many 
of our fellow Americans.
  We remember the firefighters and the police officers who ran into the 
burning buildings to get others out. We remember the brave men and 
women of Flight 93, who, in learning of the attacks throughout the 
country, decided they would give their lives that others might live.
  We remember those early days when we came out of our homes and joined 
together with our neighbors, with flags and candles, united as one 
American family and when bitter political adversaries stood on the 
steps of this Capitol and put their arms around each other and sang 
``God Bless America.''
  But we shouldn't have to look back to feel that again. For the sake 
of those who died, for the sake of all those living and for all those 
yet to be born, let's come together in this House. Let's not be the do-
nothing Congress. In honor of all Americans, let's come together and 
work for the good of this country.

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