[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                PROTECT AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ACT

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, in the next couple of days I 
expect to introduce my Protect America's National Security Act of 2004. 
The provisions of this bill will include full congressional hearings on 
what intelligence was used and how the intelligence was used in the 
decision to make a unilateral attack against Iraq in the winter of 
2003. The American people deserve to know.
  And then I will ask to allow for the general figure that is utilized 
for the intelligence budget of this Nation to be presented publicly to 
the American people. That will not violate our security. I will not ask 
for a line item listing, but I will ask that the American people, as 
indicated by a former Reagan administration official, know how much we 
spend for intelligence. The American people deserve to know.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope that my colleagues will realize that our rights 
as a Congress should not be abrogated.

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