[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   DISPARAGING REMARKS BY JOHN KERRY

  (Mr. KLINE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today with many of my fellow veterans 
in this body to bring attention to a serious decision facing our 
Nation. Very soon the American people will be asked to make an 
important choice. We will be asked to decide who will best lead our 
Nation for the next 4 years. One candidate, John Kerry, would claim to 
have the best interests of America at heart. However, Mr. Kerry's 
history tells a different story.
  Thirty-three years ago today, he stood before the Senate Foreign 
Relations Committee disparaging, disparaging our brave servicemen and -
women as murderers. Yet today in pursuit of the Presidency of what he 
called a ``hypocritical'' Nation, he boasts of his service alongside 
them.
  Every man and woman who has stood in defense of our Nation deserves 
our thanks. But John Kerry's service does not excuse him from joining 
ranks with Jane Fonda and others in speaking ill of our troops or their 
service then or now.
  On the anniversary of these outrageous claims by John Kerry, I 
believe we must remind the veterans of our United States Armed Forces, 
past, present, and future of our appreciation, of our thanks for their 
service to our military and our Nation.

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