[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10602]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              PATRIOT WEEK

  (Mr. BISHOP of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, with our 239th Independence Day 
around the corner, I rise today to urge my colleagues to join me in 
recognizing what makes our Nation the greatest country in the world by 
celebrating Patriot Week later this year.
  In 2009, while I served in the Michigan Senate, we became the first 
legislative body to recognize Patriot Week. Since then, five States and 
countless private organizations have participated in celebrating our 
Founders and other great Americans who furthered the cause of liberty.
  Patriot Week pays tribute to influential Americans, from George 
Washington to Martin Luther King, Jr.; it celebrates our values, from 
equal protection under the law to limited government; and it remembers 
our most important events, from the passage of the Constitution in 1787 
to the ratification of the 19th Amendment, to many other events that 
collectively define our country.
  Mr. Speaker, my resolution recognizes how each of these events has 
advanced the principles we hold in the highest regard and encourages 
our schools, our government agencies, States, and private employers to 
participate as well as take time to remember and learn about these 
events that are so important to our history.
  Patriot Week begins by remembering those who died in the attacks of 
September 11, 2001, and those who sacrificed to save others. It ends on 
September 17 by celebrating Constitution Day and honoring those who 
risked everything to establish this Republic, for which we all have the 
privilege of serving.
  With that, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting 
my Patriot Week resolution.

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