[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 18, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3098]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION IN IRAQ

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. Mr. Speaker, for months we have heard opponents of the war 
in Iraq come to the floor of this Congress and ask the question again 
and again, where are the weapons of mass destruction?
  And yesterday the answer came in part, and the silence on the left is 
deafening. Yesterday the Coalition Provisional Authority announced the 
discovery of two separate Iraqi munitions wired by terrorists to serve 
as IEDs in Baghdad which date to the regime of Saddam Hussein and 
contain weapons of mass destruction, sarin and mustard gas.
  Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Mr. Speaker, the answer is 
becoming more clear by the hour. The weapons of mass destruction are 
where they have always been, hidden in Baghdad, within the reach of 
terrorists, a threat to U.S. troops, the region, and the wider world, 
and more than enough justification for our deeds and the courage of our 
troops in that region.

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