[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            SECURITY ISSUES

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, the Republican majority has carefully 
guarded the economic and national security of this great Nation. Our 
tax policies have helped create over 4.7 million new jobs in 30 months, 
and that is incredible progress.
  On the national security front, we are taking apart the al Qaeda 
network piece by piece. The PATRIOT Act, our call monitoring program, 
our aggressive action in the Middle East, each of these actions are 
making it more and more difficult for terrorists to operate on U.S. 
soil.
  Mr. Speaker, President Bush deserves a great deal of the credit for 
this tough stance on terrorism. The Senate Democrats are talking about 
censuring the President, though. They are opposed to his aggressive 
approach to fighting terrorism. But I hope that the Democrats in this 
body realize America wants us to do everything possible to defend our 
homes, our communities and this Nation, and that is what the President 
is doing.

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