[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H2820]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         WE NEED NATIONAL UNITY

  (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, the Democrats are proud of saying, which 
they say often, that they oppose the war, but support the troops. That 
is kind of like saying the tank is not empty, but the car is out of 
gas. It just does not make any sense. How do you support the troops if 
you are opposed to what they are doing?
  Of course, then again, the statements by their party leader said, I 
voted ``yes'' before I voted ``no'' on the supplemental appropriations 
bill that would have given the troops the armor and the ammunition and 
the food and the supplies they need, but that is Democrat thinking.
  When the statue of Saddam Hussein was being pulled down and 
celebrated, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) said, well, we 
could have pulled that statue down for a lot less money. I am sure the 
U.N. would have gotten around to it eventually through their, what, 
another resolution? We did 17; maybe one more resolution and the statue 
would have come on down.
  Mr. Speaker, winning a war is not easy, and when you have leading 
Democrats saying the war is unwinnable, it sends a very bad signal to 
the troops whom they allege to support. That is not what we need.
  Right now what we need is unity, national unity, getting behind the 
cause, getting behind the soldier in the foxhole. Let us think of him 
and put politics aside.

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