[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17637]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DISGRACEFUL STATEMENTS BY VICE PRESIDENT

  (Mr. PASCRELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, Divider, Chapter 1: Yesterday, the Vice 
President of the United States said, ``It is absolutely essential that 
8 weeks from today on November 2 we make the right choice, because if 
we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we will get hit 
again.''
  Besides being outrageous, the Vice President mocked the word 
``sensitive'' used by Senator Kerry several weeks ago. He took it out 
of context. Measuring, he is going to tell us what toughness is. He is 
the evaluator of what ``toughness'' means. If that is not the biggest 
joke.
  The choices we are making here in this body will determine the safety 
and the security of the American people, not partisan, political 
rhetoric on the campaign trail. And that is why we need to act now 
together, not divided, to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 
Commission. Campaigns are no excuse for questioning the patriotism or 
the motivations of the other side. In campaigns you are supposed to air 
what you feel about a particular subject.
  This is a disgraceful act. I did not serve in the service to listen 
to this garbage.

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