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It was a very communal atmosphere.
That day, I had been assigned flag duty,
which meant that I had to deliver flags that had flown over the Capitol
to Members’ offices in the office buildings.
And so, I, I had gone around and done that as quickly as I could in the morning,
because I wanted to get back there before the House got into session.
And, and I came back--I arrived during the first speech, midway through *** Armey’s speech.
And so, I was there for, for Congressman Gephardt’s speech,
which--you know, the speeches that day--
it’s actually one of the few times I remember being there where
a Member of either party would say something and get a robust applause from, from both sides.
It was, it was just a very sort of communal atmosphere.
It was, it was--I would liken it to sort of being at a funeral,
in that everyone’s mourning, but there’s also a sense of calm and purpose, and there’s unity in that.