[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 19, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WE ARE BETTER OFF NOW THAN FOUR YEARS AGO

  (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, it really is a very good question posed 
frequently on the House floor today, Are we better off today than we 
were 4 years ago? Let us think.
  Four years ago, we had a morally disgraced President in the United 
States of America in the Oval Office. Today we have a man of integrity, 
of virtue, of principle, of purpose.
  Four years ago, the terrorists planned their attacks against America 
and our allies. Today, America attacks the terrorists while they cower 
in the mountains of Pakistan.
  Four years ago, Saddam Hussein amassed weapons of mass destruction, 
the Taliban was in power, and Libya had a WMD program. Today, the 
Taliban is gone. Saddam Hussein is in a cell. We have found pieces of 
his WMDs, and Libya has ended its program.
  Four years ago, the Clinton recession took hold. Today, last month, 
300,000 new jobs.
  Four years ago, partial birth abortion was legal in America. Today, 
that moral horror has ended.
  We are better off today than we were 4 years ago.

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