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Gary Hart: “I, as my colleagues do, rise with a heavy heart today. I extend my sympathy also to the victims, their families, those…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 2001
I, as my colleagues do, rise with a heavy heart today. I extend my sympathy also to the victims, their families, those who are lost at this time; and pray that God will comfort them. I thank God, though, for those emergency workers. Mr. Speaker, 911, yesterday's date, 9-11, should mobilize all Americans to answer the emergency. The police, the firefighters, the medical personnel, and the rescue workers all responded yesterday with determination. They responded with focus, with compassion, and with dedication. We must do the same, because we must triumph as a Nation and as a people over this terrorist act. I support the President and his resolve to hunt down those who facilitated this act of war and bring them to justice. We will bring them to justice. We as Americans must remember that preservation of freedom is not easy. We are facing the toughest time in our history, but we will triumph.
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Gary Hart
Colorado
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Addressing the nation in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks.

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