Political Quotes

“I stand tonight in prayer and sorrow, sorrow for the victims of this terrible attack, sorrow for their families, sorrow for Linda George whose brother, Bryan, works with me. Linda was a passenger on one of the planes that was hijacked yesterday. I stand in sorrow for the families of people I never knew, people like Nicole Miller, Tom Burnett, Cora Holland, Barbara Keating, John Jenkins, Amy King, Patrick Quigley, Kenneth Lewis, Rodney Dickens, Mark Gingham, and hundreds, if not thousands, of others; all Americans who did not deserve to die in this wicked attack. Mr. Speaker, I stand tonight in hope. Hope for the families who are still praying that their loved ones may miraculously be saved in the rubble in New York City; hope for people like Andrea Haberman, a young woman from Wisconsin who was on her first business trip to New York and was in the World Trade Center at the time of the attack. Mr. Speaker, I stand tonight in heartfelt thanks, thanks to the firefighters, police officers and rescue workers who risked or gave their lives to help others. Every American should be proud and thankful for their bravery and service to others. Finally, Mr. Speaker, I stand tonight in determination, determination that the perpetrators of this horrible attack will be quickly identified and brought to justice. They will see that America will not allow this crime to go unpunished.”