[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H278]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SECRETARY POWELL'S REMARKS FAIL TO JUSTIFY PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON IRAQ

  (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, like many others, I waited to 
hear Secretary of State Colin Powell. I must confess that it was 
interesting to hear, watch, and to see; but I did not see anything that 
is going to cause me to change my position that there is no need to go 
into a preemptive strike and engage war with Iraq at this moment.
  Like many, others I am hoping and waiting, hoping that we can work 
out peacefully what some think is inevitable: war. War, as General 
Sherman said, is absolute hell; and I think if we can avoid it, we need 
to do everything in our power.

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