[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 17798-17799]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY

  (Mr. FARR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, as we reflect on the 50 years since the 
passing of President Kennedy, I want to reissue that thought about call 
for service. He struck me in his inaugural address of asking not what 
this country can do for you, but what you can do for the country; and I 
immediately responded when he created the Peace Corps. I am wearing 
this button today proudly as a return Peace Corps volunteer.
  My thoughts are as we sort of enter into the next half century of 
thought about America and service, President Kennedy not only urged us 
to go to space; he urged us to send our people to places where no 
person had ever gone before, no American had ever been; to all of these 
remote countries in poverty situations and places where nobody had ever 
lived. It changed the image of America around the world so positively.
  So for you young people that are thinking about the future, don't 
think of America as just a platform to make money. America is the 
platform to launch peace and understanding around the world. Join the 
Peace Corps, serve this country, call for service. It is honorable.

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