[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 13421-13422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                  9/11

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, on this very somber anniversary, we 
remember the lives of 2,977 innocent men, women, and children who were 
killed 12 years ago today.
  The horrific and brutal attacks that we witnessed the morning of 
September 11, 2001, forever changed our country and the world. But even 
during these difficult hours, we also saw inspiring examples of the 
very best that America has to offer.

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  We saw first responders who worked day and night searching for 
survivors at the World Trade Center. We saw thousands of men and women 
in uniform bravely answer the call to serve our Nation in a new kind of 
war--a war against terrorism. And we saw Americans all across this 
great Nation come together united in the certainty that we would 
recover from this tragedy, hold the perpetrators accountable, and do 
everything we could to protect our Nation.
  As we face a new set of challenges today, let us recall the inspiring 
examples that we saw 12 years ago and remember that we are all 
Americans united by a shared set of values and ideals. But most of all, 
let us honor the lives that were lost and continue to pray for the 
comfort and peace of all those who still mourn today.

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