the view enjoyed by president and first lady trump when we stood with them two months ago in that piazzolla. when they were with the president of france and we all spoke together of the extraordinary beauty of the view, the work we have done to preserve it and the possibilities that can be imagined by such a view. at a time when americans are struggling to find common ground, the importance in special inspirational beauty of this view is something we can all agree upon. and we have agreed upon for 50 years since the creation of the piscataway national park. let's work together to save that view. finally, when i think about this view i think about george washington's challenge to all of us. when he came back to mount vernon at the end of the american revolutionary war, he told the country that the hardest part was yet to come. winning independence was the beginning, it is what we do with it that matters. history is a long sequence of choices by groups that have made choices. it is not an inevitable list of facts you have to memorize. we are the ones shaping the future, just as the present wa