[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H4970-H4971]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NATIONAL SECURITY, DEMOCRAT STYLE

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, later this week the liberal left in 
the House will take up the Defense Authorization Act, legislation that 
is supposed to make our Nation more secure and help our troops in 
winning the war on terror.
  But you will have to excuse the American people if they don't 
understand the leadership's real agenda here, because you actually have 
to read through 452 pages of the National Defense Authorization Act to 
find it. Subtitle F, section 951 reveals all you really need to know: a 
significant diversion of national security resources to indulge the 
liberal fascination with global climate change.
  The language paints an unwelcomed portrait of the liberal left's 
agenda on

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national security: Wax philosophical about the so-called impact of 
global warming first and, only after that, talk about the real issue of 
the war on terror. This is the second time in as many weeks that the 
left plans to force this body to vote on a bill that would fund special 
interest priorities at the expense of our national security. It is 
unconscionable. It is unfair. It is not right. It is an abusive use of 
Federal funds.
  Welcome to national security, Democrat style.

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