[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 21470]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, each and every day more and more 
information comes to light, and every single day we see more and more 
proof that there was no justification for this war in Iraq, no 
justification.
  Did this administration and this President mislead, deceive, lie; or 
did they just fail to tell the truth? There was never ever any growing 
threat or any growing danger to our Nation. This President and his 
administration owe the community of nations, members of Congress, the 
American people, and the families of those who lost their lives in Iraq 
an apology.
  This administration should come clean and tell the truth, nothing but 
the truth, the whole truth.
  Now we learn that Iraq's weapons of mass destruction were destroyed 
after the first Gulf War. At the time we invaded Iraq, Iraq not only 
lacked any weapons of mass destruction; it lacked the capability to 
build them, and this administration knew it. They knew it. It is time 
to tell the truth and nothing but the whole truth. The truth will set 
you free.

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