[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 53 (Thursday, April 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             NO BOUNDARIES

  (Mr. BELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BELL. Mr. Speaker, are there no boundaries?-

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  Earlier today several Republicans came to the floor of this House of 
Representatives to attack the military record of Senator John Kerry, to 
attack the military record of an individual whose medals alone would 
take almost all of my allotted time to name, to attack the military 
record of a man who risked his very young life for his country in 
Vietnam and was wounded on three different occasions, a man who risked 
his life to save others; and then when we he came home to the United 
States, decided he was not finished saving lives. Instead, he decided 
to stand with thousands of other Americans and question a war that had 
clearly lost direction.
  John Kerry's appearance before the Senate Committee on Foreign 
Relations back then was a turning point in the debate on Vietnam, and 
he showed the same level of patriotism by taking that stand here at 
home as he did with his act of bravery in Vietnam. To attack him in 
this manner is simply shameful. But I guess in this day and age of 
politics, there are no boundaries, and regretfully we should not be 
surprised.

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