[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 8 (Tuesday, February 1, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            IRAQI ELECTIONS

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, behind me you see a photograph 
that shows the true meaning of the Iraqi election. It is an Iraqi woman 
smiling, holding up the victory sign accentuated by the blue ink on her 
finger indicating that she had voted. That victory sign stands for 
victory over dictatorship, for victory over terror, victory for 
democracy, victory for freedom.
  No wonder she is smiling. One voter remarked, and it may have been 
this woman, I moved to mark my finger with ink. I dipped it deep as if 
I was poking the eyes of all the world's tyrants.
  I am so proud of all the men and women we have in uniform, because 
without their sacrifice, their service, their dedication to the cause 
of liberty, none of this would have been possible. They have once again 
spread freedom and in doing so have made America safer and more secure.
  Some politicians have said that we should not overhype this election. 
Pardon me if I disagree. We should trumpet every victory for freedom 
from the highest mountaintops. Let freedom ring across the globe.

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