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WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) today delivered the following remarks on the Senate floor:
Thune’s remarks below (as delivered):
“Madam President, on Friday our nation paused to observe the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
“The passage of time has only emphasized the need for remembrance.
“For many of us the events of that day are fresh and clear as [if] they were yesterday.
“But there are so many young Americans – young adults even, now – who were not alive then.
“And who do not remember the grief of that day. The evil we saw. And the patriotism and resolve that rose from the ashes.
“There are young men and women who have never heard the stories of the heroes – the firefighters, the first responders, the men and women of Flight 93, the ordinary Americans who placed the lives of others above their own.
“In the darkness of that day, the very best of America stood up.
“And I pray that we will never forget their example.”