[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 23, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H5]
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 EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR SOLDIERS TRANSPORTING DETAINEES TO GUANTANAMO, 
                                  CUBA

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of our fighting men 
and women who have done so valiant and done so well in Afghanistan and 
in support of the measures that they have taken to secure and safely 
transport the detainees from Afghanistan, a cold and inhospitable 
climate and one in which medical support is not properly available, to 
Guantanamo, Cuba.
  Additionally, I pledge to ensure that the safety of our men and women 
is maintained and the safety of the detainees by personally going to 
Cuba, by looking and seeing the conditions under which they are held to 
ensure that they are humanitarian, but as a military veteran to also 
ensure that the precautions are taken so that never again will either a 
detainee or our men and women guarding those detainees be killed 
because of the kind of uprisings that have occurred not once but twice 
in the region.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that this body should commit itself to 
understanding that problem and supporting our fighting men and women 
and their ability to maintain the safety of the detainees and 
themselves.

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