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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
Mr. President, before I begin, I want to take a moment to acknowledge what today is: 23 years ago, terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and 23 years since a heroic group of Americans prevented even greater tragedy by bringing down a fourth hijacked plane before it could crash into another target. As on every September 11 since that black day, we remember the heroes who rose up--at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in that bare field near Shanksville, PA--and we mourn all those who were lost. My prayers, as always, are with the families of all those who still grieve their fallen loved ones and with all those whose calling is to respond to danger and stand between us and terror. 2024 Elections Mr. President, there has been a dizzying amount of change in the Democrat Party over the past couple of months. First, and obviously, there was the replacement of President Biden with Kamala Harris on the ticket. Democrat voters who had gone to the polls in the primaries and cast a vote for President Biden were informed that, in fact, the delegates they had chosen would be supporting Vice President Harris instead. That was a big change but not the only one. There is also the new Democrat nominee's attempt to reinvent herself. It began 5 short years ago since Kamala Harris was running for President in the Democrat primary as a leftist.…
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John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

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