[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 101 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6005]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CALLING FOR CEASE-FIRE IN LEBANON

  (Mr. McDERMOTT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, yesterday a number of countries met in 
Rome and they discussed what ought to happen between or in Lebanon, and 
they came to a decision there ought to be a cease-fire, except one 
country said no, it was the United States of America.
  Mr. Speaker, how can it be that the United States of America can 
condone the continuation of people dying on both sides of the line? The 
explanation of who started it or who won't stop or who is at fault or 
when it started or all that must be decided at a peace table. As long 
as people are dying, the peace table is going to be harder and harder 
and harder to work out. The sooner we bring the parties to the table, 
the better off the whole world will be, not just Lebanese, not 
Israelis, everyone in the world will be better off if we have a cease-
fire. Please, Mr. President, listen to us.

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