[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9791]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COMMENDING THE TROOPS

  (Ms. WATSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATSON. Mr. Speaker, I want to add my voice to the voices of the 
others in commending our troops for the bravery, the courage, in 
following their command. I too am not a war supporter, but I support 
Americans. I support America.
  I am so pleased that in the supplemental budget we were able to 
recognize that those on the home front have to respond and that there 
is money in this budget for the hometown response, because that is what 
it is going to boil down to.
  Mr. Speaker, as we exit the battlefield, as we leave Iraq, we must 
address our attention to the constant threat of terrorism that I am 
sure we are going to have to endure; and I would hope that we would 
address our attention to finding Osama bin Laden, because he indeed has 
been very effective in the threat to this Nation.
  So I am very pleased to have voted ``aye'' for the supplemental. Let 
us bring our troops home. Let us see that they have the services and 
that they are well. I commend them. We all love them.
  God bless America.

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