[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7624]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          HONORING OUR TROOPS

  (Mr. BURNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURNS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay tribute to our men and 
women in uniform. Thousands of miles from home in an unfamiliar land, 
these men and women fight for a cause much larger than themselves.
  The men and women of the United States Armed Forces fighting in Iraq 
do so for freedom. They fight to protect the freedoms of their fellow 
Americans and to gain freedom and liberty for the tired and the poor 
and the downtrodden masses that have lived under the shadow of Saddam 
Hussein's tyrannical reign for decades.
  As the President said about Hussein's reign this past Tuesday, ``We 
are fighting an enemy that knows no rules of law that will wear 
civilian uniforms, that is willing to kill in order to continue the 
reign of fear of Saddam Hussein. But we are fighting with bravery and 
courage.''
  Mr. Speaker, I believe today that there are no Democrats, there are 
no Republicans in support of our troops; there are only Americans, 
praying for their quick victory and their speedy return home to their 
loved ones.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank them for their sacrifices in America's time of 
need.

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