[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 WHATEVER IT TAKES TO DEFEND THE NATION

  (Mr. HAYWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, I welcome many of the comments from my 
colleague from Texas. Homeland security and our national security, 
indeed, the survival and the continued success of the American people 
is what is at stake as we find ourselves engaged in this new type of 
warfare, this war on terror.
  I believe it is important, despite this time of year and the pending 
political season, to understand that it is important not to politicize 
but at the same time to point out genuine differences of opinion that 
may exist because, after all, that is the purpose of the House of 
Representatives.
  But, Mr. Speaker, to those who might misinterpret abroad, to those 
who perhaps fail to understand our tradition of vigorous debate and 
honest disagreement, Mr. Speaker, at this time in this place in the 
well of the people's House, let us reaffirm as a Nation our resolve to 
do, in the words of my constituents from the Fifth Congressional 
District of Arizona, ``whatever it takes'' to protect our homeland and 
to ensure that the American Nation not only survives but thrives.
  Good people can disagree; but on this point there should be no 
disagreement.
  There are those who are tempted to strike the homeland; severe 
consequences will follow those actions.

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