[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 19]
[House]
[Page 26413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             UNITED STATES LEADING WAY TO STABILITY IN IRAQ

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, last year Saddam Hussein spent $13 million 
on health care in Iraq. This year the United States will spend $200 
million. Two years ago when Olympic soccer players made a mistake or 
lost a game, they were tortured and held hostage until they amended 
their ways and became better soccer players. Now children's soccer 
teams are springing up all over Iraq.
  There has not been much farming going on in Iraq over the last 
several years; today, farmers are beginning to go back to the fields 
and replant crops. There has not been much oil production; now we are 
getting oil back online. Police forces are beginning to form again in 
Iraqi towns around the nation, and electricity and water is coming back 
all over the nation, but there is no peace in Iraq. We are not finished 
with the job. We still need the coalition forces in Iraq. We still need 
the strong United States presence to lead the way to a stable, growing 
democracy. We hope this is possible.
  Today, this House will pass the Iraqi emergency supplemental bill. It 
is one more step in our effort to bring peace in that region. I urge my 
colleagues to support it.

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