[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18179]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IRAQ AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, violence is rampant both at 
home and abroad. At least 80 civilians died in Iraqi violence. As the 
Washington Post reports, ``Car bombings, mortar attacks, and clashes 
between insurgents and the U.S.-Iraqi security forces killed at least 
80 civilians across the country Sunday.''

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  In Baghdad, the scene of some of the most intense fighting in months: 
27 people died, and 107 were wounded. The green zone no longer exists. 
There is no exit strategy with honor in Iraq.
  Mr. Speaker, it is time for the American people to hear from this 
administration and this Congress how we are going to address the 
valiant work of our young men and women on the front lines every day 
and their safety being jeopardized and threatened or killed because we 
have no foreign policy plan. It is time for an after-plan for Iraq. The 
reason we are in this catastrophe is because we went into an ill-
directed war with no plan.
  Today, of course, we bring shame on the House of Representatives for 
not extending the assault weapons ban. The ATF said assault weapons 
were designed for rapid-fire and close-quarter shooting, not for 
Olympics or the duck line.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to reauthorize the assault weapons ban to stem 
the violence at home and the violence abroad.

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