[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 25 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          IT IS TIME FOR A POLICY THAT REALLY SECURES AMERICA

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, over the last couple of days 
we have seen the focus of the American conscience look toward whether 
America is actually secure.
  Mr. Speaker, I think it is time now for the administration to craft a 
policy that answers the enormity of the concerns that Americans have 
expressed in town hall meetings across America. Frankly, I think when 
the headlines read 1,300 Iraqi dead, our soldiers standing by, not 
knowing whether to engage or not in the civil war that is pending, it 
is actually now time for the President to acknowledge that our troops 
have done their job, they have won the victory, and they need to come 
home.
  And then we speak of securing America and having conflicts cause the 
tension that they are causing and then we still want to say that it is 
all right to sell our ports to foreign entities; and, of course, I 
think America needs to know that in the 2007 budget there is no funding 
for securing the Nation's ports around America.
  It is time now for the administration to craft a security posture and 
policy that really secures America. The time is now.

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