[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16047]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             THE CASE AGAINST SADDAM HUSSEIN HAS BEEN MADE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I am a newcomer to 
Congress. I have been here only 8 months. I also have the distinction 
of being the only Member who is a member of the National Guard still 
drilling. At this time I have had, of course, my first August recess.
  During the August recess, the issue that came up the most was the 
issue already discussed, and that is the danger of Iraq. We now have a 
bloodthirsty dictator who has access to chemical, nuclear, and 
biological weapons; he has the ability with ballistic missiles to send 
them against American allies and against American troops that are 
stationed throughout the Middle East.
  Mr. Speaker, I believe that we should put our faith in the President, 
the intelligence agencies that we have, the wonderful military that we 
have, and the civilian military officials that we have before us. We 
need to understand there was a vote on September 14, 2001, right here 
in Congress, almost unanimously, to provide for military action against 
those who harbor or support terrorists, and the intent of that was to 
stop future terrorist attacks on the United States.
  America has been attacked, and we are under threat. This is not a 
speculation as to the future; it has occurred. It will occur again if 
we do not take action to defend our civilian citizens.

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