[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 21, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H4806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING THE SERVICE OF OUR TROOPS

  (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. Madam Speaker, over 9 million innocent human 
beings were killed in the Nazi death camps. Over 3 million were killed 
in the Soviet gulags under Joseph Stalin. Over 1.5 million were killed 
by the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot in Cambodia.
  And how many have been killed at Guantanamo Bay? Zero.
  But that has not stopped a Democratic leader, a Democratic Senator, 
and the Democratic Party from drawing parallels between what is 
happening in Guantanamo and the horrors of Hitler or Stalin and Pol 
Pot.
  That message belies the suffering of the victims of those terrible 
atrocities. That message discourages our brave men and women in 
uniform, when national leaders compare their actions to those of the 
Nazis. That kind of rhetoric incites our enemies and hinders our 
efforts in the war on terror.
  I challenge every Democratic leader to denounce these ridiculous 
comparisons. Show our enemies that we are united in our actions against 
terror, and show our troops that we honor their service.

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