[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

  (Mr. ROTHFUS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow, November 22, we mark the 50th 
anniversary of one of the saddest days in American history.
  This anniversary affords us the opportunity to remember President 
John F. Kennedy, who also served in this House, and to reflect on his 
idealism and spirit of public service that he inspired in the American 
people.
  President Kennedy encouraged all Americans to dream big dreams, like 
putting a man on the Moon by the end of that decade. He reminded us 
that this country is capable of great feats when the American people 
come together with a defined mission.
  As President Kennedy said in 1961:

       It will not be one man going to the Moon; it will be an 
     entire Nation. For all of us must work to put him there.

  President Kennedy's goal was achieved on July 20, 1969, when Apollo 
11 Commander Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the Moon.
  It is good to remember how President Kennedy inspired a Nation. The 
torch of freedom President Kennedy described in his inaugural speech 
has now been passed to yet another generation. Let this generation 
celebrate President Kennedy's sense of idealism and public service 
every day.

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