[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 21050]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               PRESIDENT BUSH HAS A RECORD OF LEADERSHIP

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, last night, Americans saw 
the choice of Dick Cheney and John Edwards. It is being debated now who 
prevailed.
  Where people know John Edwards best, his and my home, birth State of 
South Carolina and his home State of North Carolina, the people are 
overwhelmingly supporting Dick Cheney to continue his service with 
President Bush to best protect American families in the war on 
terrorism.
  Senator Kerry has a 20-year record in the Senate of voting against 
every major weapons system that won the Cold War and that our troops 
are using today. Senator Kerry has proposed budget cuts in intelligence 
even after the first World Trade Center bombing. He voted against the 
first Gulf War; he voted for the current war in Iraq and then against 
the funding to give our troops the body armor needed to fight the war. 
This is not the kind of record Americans expect in a commander in 
chief.
  President Bush and Vice President Cheney have a strong and clear 
record of leading our Nation in the war on terror. President Bush has 
shown he will take the fight to the terrorists wherever they are, 
protecting American families from future terror attacks here at home.
  In conclusion, may God bless our troops. We will never forget 
September 11.

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