[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18568]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE

  (Mr. MANZULLO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. MANZULLO. Mr. Speaker, this is the last time I'll have the 
opportunity to address my colleagues as I wind up a 20-year career in 
the House of Representatives on January 3. I want to thank my 
constituents for giving me the honor and the opportunity to fulfill the 
dreams of a 10-year-old child who dreamed about becoming a Member of 
the House of Representatives.
  Twenty years ago, almost to the date when I was first sworn in, our 
family visited the Emancipation Proclamation at Archives. It's open 
again today. He was from my State. He served our State. In the 
incredible speech that he gave at Gettysburg, he talked about people 
coming here to do the unfinished work. That's the job of all of us as 
Members of Congress is to do the unfinished work as Lincoln saw it--the 
unfinished work not only to bind the wounds of the Nation but to keep 
America together. That's the charge that we have continually is to keep 
America together.
  God bless you and thank you for the opportunity to serve.

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