[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Pages 26259-26260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      WHERE IS THE ACCOUNTABILITY?

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I too ask my colleagues to 
sign onto a very important discharge petition that will help 4.6 
million of our dislocated workers. I rise to say that, but I also rise 
to ask the question that Robert Kennedy asked, some people will ask 
why, and I ask, as he did, why not?
  President Bush yesterday in essence said that we should stay the 
course, and I would argue that even as we make a commitment to ensure 
that we rebuild Iraq, it is imperative that there is accountability, 
accountability for the lost lives of our young brave men and women, 
accountability for the tragedies of 40 deaths in the last 48

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hours, accountability for a nonexit plan, and no strategy to rebuild 
Iraq.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask for the resignation of CIA Director George Tenet, 
accountability by Secretary Rumsfeld, Paul Wolfowitz, and I would ask 
that they be held accountable. There are too many lives being lost, 
there is too much to be done for us to stand idly by. Some ask, why; I 
ask, why not?

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