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W. Weldon: “Mr. Speaker, as we come here tonight to pay tribute to these very special people, there is really a message for our…”

On the recordJuly 27, 1998
Mr. Speaker, as we come here tonight to pay tribute to these very special people, there is really a message for our entire Nation. Mr. Speaker, that message is for all America: As we as a Nation, in our 200 years of existence, look out for heroes, we sometimes look to Hollywood or we look to our ball fields, our football fields and baseball fields, and we get frustrated because we cannot find them there. Well, Mr. Speaker, this tragedy reminds us that our heroes are not in Hollywood, they are not on TV, they are not on our ball fields. They are in our neighborhoods.
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W. Weldon
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Paying tribute to public safety officials and discussing the nature of true heroes.

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