[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6259]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     QUESTIONS TO ADMINISTRATION IN WAKE OF LATEST IRAQI ATROCITIES

  (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, I do not believe any of us who 
believe in a civilized world and the respect for human life, respect 
for the rule of law and just an outright commitment, appreciation and 
connection to our fellow Americans could imagine the heinousness of the 
act yesterday in Iraq that took the lives of five of our soldiers and 
four civilians. We now have lost more young men and women in the United 
States military in postwar Iraq than we did during the declaration or 
the call for war by this administration.
  My sympathy goes out to those families who mourn, those who mourn for 
their loved ones that died before yesterday and, of course, the heinous 
act of yesterday.
  It is time now for the Bush administration to tell the American 
people the truth. How long and what efforts will they take to stop this 
reckless violence against both our troops and as well civilians, to 
begin to put together a collaborative effort, Mr. Speaker, so that this 
kind of violence is stopped and that our work is unanimous with our 
allies and that we can truly provide for democracy in Iraq.

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