Peter Deutsch: “this is my 10th year in this Chamber; and I will tell my colleagues that I still have goose bumps when I walk into this…”

“this is my 10th year in this Chamber; and I will tell my colleagues that I still have goose bumps when I walk into this Chamber every day, even after 10 years, because we are part of not just the greatest Chamber in the history of the world, but the greatest country in the history of the world. Over 300 years ago, people left their homeland and some of them landed on the tip of Manhattan, not far from where the World Trade Center was destroyed; and those were early pioneers in the creation of America, the oldest democracy in the history of the world, a country unique in world history for many reasons. Yesterday was a day that is part of our history now. We have faced challenges as great as what we face at this point in our history, and we have met every one of those challenges. I have no doubt that we will meet this one as well. Mr. Speaker, there are many analogies about Pearl Harbor. I had the opportunity to visit Pearl Harbor for the first time this past July. I read a little bit about the history, both before and after Pearl Harbor. I think in time, people will read about the history of yesterday, as well, in the same context. The Japanese might have thought that they had the strategic advantage and made a policy-correct decision in that attack, but the history is clear. It was an incredible strategic failure. Just as the action of yesterday, I think for sure, history, in time, will show it an absolute colossal strategic failure.”