[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 41 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H1968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORTING A NO-FLY ZONE OVER LIBYA

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, while we are here in the 
United States, and I am privileged and honored that we are comforted by 
our flag, our values, and the fact that we can live in peace and 
security, Mr. Speaker, there are those who are fighting for freedom all 
over the world, but in this instance in the Mideast, and they are dying 
as we speak.
  We had the uprising in Egypt and Yemen and Bahrain. Bahrain is moving 
people out of the streets. But then you move to Libya and people are 
dying.
  Today I stood with a mother who lives in the United States, and her 
Libyan American son, who was born here, is lost in Libya. At first she 
thought he was dead, but she is looking to see whether or not there is 
news that he was only wounded. Even so, he was not in battle. He was 
providing food to those who needed the food, and yet he was brought 
down.
  It is important that we not enter a war, but that we create with our 
allies a no-fly zone. Otherwise, Qaddafi is going to slaughter the 
people of Libya. Where is our heart? Where is our compassion?
  As we seek to bring our heroic soldiers home from Afghanistan who 
have fought for peace and freedom, let us not forget those who stand 
unarmed almost in their civilian clothes fighting against tyranny. We 
must have a no-fly zone. We cannot tolerate the slaughter. We must 
stand for peace.

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