[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 108 (Wednesday, September 6, 2006)]
[House]
[Page H6244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       REAL COMMITMENT--NOT RHETORIC--NEEDED TO WIN WAR ON TERROR

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, we have been hearing a great 
deal lately from the Democrats about their ideas on how to fight and 
how to win the war on terror. But yesterday I was listening to the 
White House press secretary, Tony Snow, give his daily briefing. I 
thought he summed up the Democrats' position on the war on terror very 
clearly.
  He said: ``There have been some in the Democratic Party who have 
argued against the PATRIOT Act, against the terrorist surveillance 
program, against Guantanamo. In other words, there are some who say 
that we should not fight the war, we should not apprehend al Qaeda, we 
should not detain al Qaeda, we should not question al Qaeda, we should 
not listen to al Qaeda. In other words, they are all for winning the 
war on terror, but they are against providing the tools for winning 
that war.''
  Mr. Speaker, now those same people want America to entrust them with 
power, to set national policy in the war on terror. And this month we 
will be addressing many issues important to the security of our Nation: 
defending against terror, prosecuting terrorists, securing our borders. 
I urge every American to watch how each Representative and each party 
votes on these very important issues, and they will each know which 
party truly stands for security from terror.

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