[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 8, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H21]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  January 8, 2020, on page H21, the following appeared: PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from South 
Carolina (Mr. WILSON) come forward and lead the House in the 
Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led the Pledge 
of Allegiance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the 
United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, 
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
all.
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  The online version has been corrected to read: PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the gentleman from South 
Carolina (Mr. WILSON) come forward and lead the House in the 
Pledge of Allegiance. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led the Pledge 
of Allegiance as follows: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the 
United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, 
one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for 
all.
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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro 
tempore. The Chair will entertain up to 15 requests for 1-minute 
speeches on each side of the aisle. 
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  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, 4,559 U.S. soldiers have been 
killed in Iraq since the 2003 invasion and occupation. Despite their 
sacrifices, 17 years later, Iran now owns and controls Iraq today.
  2,430 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, and today we are 
negotiating for peace with the Taliban, the terror organization that is 
most responsible for the killing of our soldiers.
  These wars have cost nearly $5 trillion and have taken nearly 7,000 
lives of U.S. soldiers.
  Before going after Qasem Soleimani, the 5,200 U.S. soldiers still 
stuck in Iraq should have been evacuated and out of harm's way. But 
they weren't. They were put in harm's way by our Commander-in-Chief 
during Iran's highly predictable retaliatory attack last night on U.S. 
military installations in Iraq.

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