[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 152 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H10233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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REVISIONIST HISTORY
(Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the
House for 1 minute.)
Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, here is a quote: Others have
talked about this threat that is posed by Saddam Hussein. Yes, he has
chemical weapons. He has biological weapons, and he is trying to get
nuclear weapons.
That is not President Bush. That is Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi. But
now what we are seeing is some revisionist history, and this Monday
morning quarterbacking is a disservice to all of America.
Remember Secretary Colin Powell's testimony in front of the U.N. on
February 5, 2003? One of the things that was never questioned was a
tape that he played. It was between an Iraqi colonel and an Iraqi
general. The colonel says, About this committee that is coming, and he
is talking about the U.N. nuclear weapons committee. And the general
says, Yeah, I am worried that you have got something left. And the
colonel says, We have evacuated everything. We don't have anything
left.
Now, what were they talking about, Mr. Speaker? What were they
talking about?
It is no wonder that both Republicans and Democrats both voted to go
to war. Both had the same intelligence and both saw the writing on the
wall. Disagreeing about current policy is one thing, but changing
historical fact is the tired, old, petty, partisan politics of the
past.
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