Mike Pence: “Before we adjourn for rest and reflection with family and friends on Thanksgiving, I thought it would be helpful to…”

“Before we adjourn for rest and reflection with family and friends on Thanksgiving, I thought it would be helpful to reflect on what we have to be thankful for in the 108th Congress, and it is much. I begin my remarks with two ancient references, one from the sacred texts of the Bible where one generation spoke to another, words of admonition in leadership with these words, ``be strong and courageous and do the work.'' The Founders of this country in 1787 in that summer in Philadelphia crafted these words that are essentially a mission statement for the government of the United States, stating that we the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves in our prosperity, do ordain and establish this Constitution. Mr. Speaker, I would argue, against both of those timeless standards, the 108th Congress has excelled.”