DHS Secretary Mayorkas Issues Remarks at Inaugural World Fire Congress Ceremony
May 10, 2024
May 10, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on May 9, 2024, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at a charter signing ceremony of the World Fire Congress:
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The poet John Saxe once wrote that, if the mythical Greek figure Prometheus "was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, then how all the gods must honor those who make it their professional business to put it out."
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The poet John Saxe once wrote that, if the mythical Greek figure Prometheus "was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, then how all the gods must honor those who make it their professional business to put it out."