[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 134 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H6424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      SWIFT AND DELIBERATE ACTION

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the swift 
and deliberate manner with which the President of the United States 
launched a counterstrike this weekend against the al Qaeda and their 
government patrons.
  By initiating military action in a timely and overwhelming manner, we 
are sending a clear message about the price to be paid for attacking 
the people of the United States of America.
  The heroes of this conflict will now be fashioned, Mr. Speaker, from 
among the brave young men and women in uniform who have been called 
upon to defend our freedom. We in this Congress have given those brave 
young men and women everything they need to succeed. Their duty now is 
to serve. Our duty is to pray.
  Let us pray for victory, but let us also pray for the safe 
restoration of our soldiers, sailors, and airmen to their families and 
friends and communities. The Bible tells us that God has not given us 
the spirit of fear, but a spirit of power and love, and of a sound 
mind.
  Those who think America trembles from the East to the West, from the 
North to the South, will be proven wrong, not just at the sound of our 
guns, but at the fortitude that will be demonstrated by the American 
people in the days and months and years ahead as we move toward victory 
in this worthy cause.

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