This is one of your two senators, Chuck Grassley. Constitution Day is September 17th.
That’s the anniversary of when the delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the extraordinary document establishing our system of government.
It’s an opportunity for all Americans to reflect on our founding document and the principles on which it is based.
The Constitution will be 229 years old, but the principles it embodies are timeless.
Our continued commitment to those principles is a big part of what unites us as Americans.
Unlike nations that were founded on the basis of a common ethnic identity or loyalty to a monarch, ours is based on certain enduring principals.
Those principles are best articulated in the simple but eloquent words of the Declaration of Independence:
Quote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Unquote.
The Framers of the U.S. Constitution set about to form a stable and effective system of government that embodied the principles outlined in the Declaration.
Click here to read the full text of Sen. Grassley's address: http://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/constitution-day-video-address-senator-grassley
