[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21827]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                              ECOTERRORISM

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, in spite of the ongoing war that America is 
waging against terrorism in Afghanistan, we continue to face ecological 
terrorist attacks right here at home.
  Just last month, ecoterrorists used timed fire bombs to attack and 
destroy a Federal facility near the California-Nevada border in order 
to protest Federal efforts to round up and control excess wild horses.
  Ecoterrorism, Mr. Speaker, continues to grow as Web sites teach 
disciples how to manufacture and use these fire bombs. These deadly 
terrorist attacks, like Ted Kaczynski's, have already killed or wounded 
American citizens and destroyed millions of dollars of public and 
private property.
  Although the national media has virtually ignored this issue, the 
American people are forced to deal with its very real consequences. We 
must prove by our actions that we know how to deal with this deadly 
terrorism; and we must show that regardless of its source, target, or 
motive, it will be eliminated.
  As the President has said, we must eliminate all terrorist cells at 
home and abroad by exposing them and those who harbor and support them 
until our Nation is rid of this growing evil.

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