[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9075]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             BAGHDAD FALLS

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, I am here to congratulate General Tommy 
Franks, Chief of Military Operations, and our brave military forces. Of 
course, I also congratulate Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld, General 
Myers, and of course, President Bush and the administration.
  I think everyone will remember where he or she was when the statue of 
Saddam Hussein came tumbling down. His atrocious regime is over, done.
  And Mr. Speaker, there are many others I wish to congratulate today, 
but I want to remind everyone in the House that we should also 
congratulate everyone in this House of Representatives who voted for 
the Iraq resolution. It was the right thing to do.

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