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“I want to offer my thanks to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen), who is a cosponsor of this bill with the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner), and of course to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Rahall) for bringing this bill forward. I think we owe special thanks to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner), whose initial idea this was. Memorializing the victims of the war on terrorism is the least we can do. But I very much appreciate the spirit in which the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) has approached this bill unintentionally in the beginning largely because most Members do not deal with the Commemorative Works Act. This bill came forward in the way one might expect, but inherent in it were three violations of the Commemorative Works Act and now two of three of those violations are gone because the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Turner) in fact has diligently consulted with the National Capital Planning Commission, with other Members of Congress.”