[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 62 (Thursday, May 6, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2662]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         STANDING BY OUR TROOPS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I am very concerned that with troops in 
the field, the Democrats are now going out sending a signal this war is 
unwinnable. With young men in the hospital, wounded, amputees, they are 
saying this war is unwinnable. With families and Americans mourning the 
dead, the Democrats are saying this war is unwinnable. We often hear 
from Democrats, Well, I support the troops, but I am against the war.
  Mr. Speaker, I have never understood that. I have the honor of 
representing the Third Infantry Division and five military 
installations in my district, and that just does not sell to the 
soldiers in the field that, well, I support you individually, but what 
you are doing is wrong and I am against it.
  This is not the time for our country to be sending mixed signals 
abroad that we are a divided country and that some of us want to cut 
and run. The best thing we can do to honor those who are wounded, to 
honor those who have lost their lives and their family and to stand 
beside the nearly 200,000 troops we have in Iraq and Afghanistan is 
say, You are doing the right thing. This cause is noble and it is 
winnable. We stand united behind you. Even though it is an election 
year, America comes first.

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