[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H9929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           SITUATION IN IRAQ

  (Mr. GEKAS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GEKAS. Mr. Speaker, most of the Members of the Congress have in 
one way or another asserted their support of the President of the 
United States in the actions that he has taken in Iraq, and we will 
continue to do so. But there is a time now for the White House to 
articulate the policy and the goals and the targets of this attack with 
missiles on Iraq.
  We should not be subjected now, as Members of Congress, to a bulletin 
of the missile of the day, 20-some the first time, 17 the next time and 
another one, most recently. This missile of the day does not constitute 
a policy for long-term solution of the wide-ranging problems of the 
Middle East. We urge the President to continue to earn the support of 
the Congress, to articulate a policy that we can all see and feel and 
hear so that we can continue to support efforts against Saddam Hussein.

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