[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16755-16756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



              AMERICA'S ENEMIES WILL BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

  (Mr. SMITH of Michigan asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SMITH of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, yesterday America came face-to-
face with undisguised evil, an evil so profound that it leaves men and 
women of good will dumbfounded. These acts of war may have bloodied 
America, but America will remain unbowed.
  The enemies of America, I think, have always underestimated us; but 
in fact what these terrorists perceive as America's weakness, our 
freedom, our tolerance, our democratic system, is what gives America 
its strength.
  We will rise to this challenge. I urge for starters that we authorize 
the President to spend as he sees fit $20 billion to react to this 
attack.
  As we mourn our dead and injured, we will prepare for war; a war that 
we did not seek, but one that we must wage. And it is not a precedent. 
In the 18th century, Congress, under Jefferson, waged a war on the 
Barbary pirates. We must declare war on these new terrorists.
  Americans are not by nature a vengeful people, but when roused to 
anger in a righteous cause, our fury and our resolve will not be 
extinguished until our enemies are brought to justice.

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  To those who celebrate the death of American innocents, of mothers 
and fathers, sons and daughters, I have a simple message: you can run, 
but you cannot hide. America will deliver a response at the time and 
place of its own choosing to the perpetrators and those that shield 
them.

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