[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 93 (Monday, July 17, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H5247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          SNAKES IN THE GRASS

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, in west Texas, rattlesnakes are king. They are 
deadly. They are poisonous. In the vastness of the heat, these snakes 
roam every town, every ranch. No place is safe, especially in the 
summer.
  When their well-known rattle whistles through the air, it is a 
warning for all to beware. And if they bite you, you die. They still 
lock down their poisonous jaws on prey, ranging from people to cattle, 
inhabiting the snake-infested land. These snakes live among us and they 
kill us.
  Mr. Speaker, Hezbollah is a snake in the grass, a terror ring funded 
by Iran, living beside the Israelis, slithering in the cloak of night, 
knowing no borders. Taking lives, claiming victims.
  We have heard Hezbollah's rattle. Why are we surprised? A rattlesnake 
does not change. You cannot negotiate with one. The snakes of Hezbollah 
are terrorists, and Israel has every right to turn and fight now that 
they have heard the rattle and seen this sneak snake attack.
  And that's just the way it is.

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