Deb Fischer: “I ask unanimous consent that the following speech be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…”

“I ask unanimous consent that the following speech be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Sen. Fischer Willa Cather Unveiling Remarks When we are here in Statuary Hall, I like to remind people that we are not alone. If you look above the door leading into the Rotunda, you'll see a figure. It is Clio, the muse of history. For generations, she served as a constant reminder that our words and actions--the good and the bad--would be judged by time and leave a lasting mark on the nation. Today Clio welcomes one of Nebraska's finest literary artists, Willa Cather. ``Let your fiction grow out of the land beneath your feet.'' This quote, attributed to Cather, is an apt summation of the author's life and work. Cather's vivid, reflective writing has become synonymous with the pioneer spirit of Nebraska. Her fiction--epitomized by the Great Plains novels O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Antonia--truly feels like it grew from the soil of Nebraska. Cather herself grew from that land. Her family settled in Red Cloud while she was still a child, and her imaginative mind put its roots down there in Webster County. For decades until her death in 1947, Cather was unable to shake her creative spirit away from its home in the open plains of the heartland.…”