Earlier this week, U.S. Congressman Mike Pence gave a brief speech from the House floor in support of a bipartisan resolution to commemorate the horrific events of September 11, 2001:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLmP75Pi-JA
“We rise to pay a debt of gratitude to all those who rushed in when others were rushing out.”
The legislation was introduced by Reps. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Sept. 8, 2009.
Background
On Sept. 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked and destroyed four civilian aircraft, crashing two of them into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City; a third into the Pentagon outside of Washington, D.C.; and a fourth that crashed in a field near Shanksville, Pa. Nearly 3,000 innocent men, women, and children were murdered in the attacks. Immediately following Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. Armed Forces moved swiftly against al-Qaeda and the Taliban, which the President and Congress had identified as enemies of America. Many members of the Armed Forces remain abroad, defending the Nation from further terrorist attacks and continuing to battle al-Qaeda and the Taliban.