[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 18, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H6306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                     UNFETTERED INSPECTIONS IN IRAQ

  (Mr. FOLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FOLEY. Mr. Speaker, Saddam Hussein has said he will let weapons 
inspectors into Iraq and the United Nations; and the world community 
says, all right. He is agreeing and he is cooperating.
  Well, we have been down that road before. Saddam Hussein years ago 
promised unfettered inspections. However, when the inspectors got 
there, they were told, not now, not at night, not in the palaces, not 
in certain locations, not where we do not want you to go.
  President Bush laid out a compelling argument to the United Nations 
on the need for forcible inspections; and if that does not change the 
attitude of Saddam Hussein, then that regime must go. They are in 
violation of the United Nations Council. They have violated numerous 
articles, and they need to be brought to bear the responsibility that 
the United Nations has in this effort.
  Now, if we are going to continue to pay dues to this organization, we 
better expect and demand, as the President suggested, that they play a 
vital role and a meaningful role in world affairs. If they are going to 
just sit there and gather in New York for cocktails and coffee, then 
what is the point of spending millions and billions of dollars to keep 
the organization alive?
  Saddam Hussein is a menace. He has proven it so. Let us fight with 
the President.

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