Jodey Arrington: “We are here as lovers of liberty, as patriots, as people concerned about the future of our country, just citizen…”

“We are here as lovers of liberty, as patriots, as people concerned about the future of our country, just citizen legislators, people who have children and grandchildren and who want our posterity to inherit the blessings of liberty and all of the opportunities this great Nation has afforded not only myself and my colleagues, but all Americans. America is a great nation, and God has truly blessed America. America has been a blessing to the world, and as President Trump has said, we must keep America great. It is not just what that statement means to our citizens and to our children and the next generation of Americans; it is what America means and what this great experiment at liberty and democracy means for the entire world. Mr. Speaker, we are going to talk about the substance of that greatness, the true substance of it. I would suggest that what makes America great is the American people and the values, the beliefs--what defines us--our culture, what we esteem. That is what we must remember as we legislate, as we lead and represent our citizens throughout this great land, that what makes America great and what will keep America great are America's values. We must defend them. We must promote them. {time} 1945 We must fight for a future that has those values of faith, In God We Trust, one Nation under the sovereignty of God, with a firm belief, as John Adams says, that the Constitution is only good for a moral and religious people, for example.…”