[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 132 (Wednesday, October 9, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H7306]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   EXHAUST ALL OUR OPTIONS BEFORE WAR

  (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. INSLEE. Mr. Speaker, this week I will vote against a unilateral, 
ill-timed, go-it-alone war on another nation.
  We do not owe Saddam Hussein any more time. We do not owe him 
anything. But we do owe our soldiers and our Marines, our sons and our 
daughters, every effort to try every means before war; and it is clear 
that we have not yet exhausted all of our options before opening the 
door to war.
  We will not allow the pain of last September to spread a cloud of 
fear that would shroud our judgment, our sense of international 
justice; and we must not be distracted from the war on terrorism in 
which we are already engaged.
  We will equal the power of our Armed Forces with the force of our 
principles; and one of those principles is that America should lead an 
international coalition, not just go it alone. This is the American 
way.

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