[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 17]
[House]
[Page 23810]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                  SUPPORTING ISRAEL'S WAR ON TERRORISM

  (Mr. FERGUSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. Speaker, the scene is one that we know all too 
well: mindless terrorists attacking the young and the innocent, fleeing 
civilians with terror in their eyes, and once again, Mr. Speaker, 
scores of young people, their lives ended by the violent hatred of 
terrorism. We saw this on our own soil on September 11, and we saw it 
again this past weekend in Israel.
  Mr. Speaker, September 11, while devastating for us, also gave us a 
sense for what our friends in Israel have been dealing with for 
decades; but beyond our new understanding of Israeli suffering, 
September 11 also gave us a new responsibility, to support Israel's own 
war on terrorism.
  I applaud President Bush and the recent comments from Secretary of 
State Colin Powell. They have recognized that Israel has a right and a 
responsibility to defend itself.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in Congress and the American people 
to support our friends in Israel as they struggle for peace and 
security.

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