[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 520]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              PROTECTING THE HALLOWED GROUND AT GETTYSBURG

  (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, it was over 150 years ago, on a battlefield 
near a small town in Pennsylvania, that President Abraham Lincoln gave 
what many would argue was one of the most prolific and inspiring 
speeches in history. His Gettysburg Address may not have been long, but 
his words lifted a Nation and shone an everlasting light on the immense 
sacrifice and patriotism displayed on that battlefield only a few 
months earlier.
  Lincoln's words and, to a larger extent, the actions of the brave 
soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg must never be 
forgotten. Today the House will pass legislation to give the National 
Park Service the authority to incorporate the Gettysburg Train Station 
into the Gettysburg National Military Park.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation's national parks, including Gettysburg, are 
some of our greatest treasures. It is imperative that we continue 
working to ensure that future generations of Americans can visit the 
history, the scenery, the vistas, and the landmarks of our Nation's 
national parks.

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