[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING PRESIDENT LINCOLN

  (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on the birthday of a man 
whose name is synonymous with my home State of Illinois, the Land of 
Lincoln. It is the time of year when we remember the great deeds of our 
Presidents and their important actions in times of crisis.
  President Lincoln knew crisis. Generations note his firm resolve in 
the face of a ``House divided against itself''; his faithfulness in 
serving a country when half of it was bent and betting on his failure; 
and his growing faith in the ``gracious hand which preserved us in 
peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us.''
  Our Nation was on the verge of collapse, but he never wavered, he 
never tired, he never backed down from the challenge. He challenges us 
to rise to the ``great tasks'' before us and meet them head on.

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