[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9474]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            STOP CALLING THOSE WHO ASK QUESTIONS UNPATRIOTIC

  (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, a quote: ``I cannot support a failed 
foreign policy. History teaches us that it is often easier to make war 
than peace. This administration is just learning that lesson right now. 
The President began this mission with very vague objectives and lots of 
unanswered questions. There is no timetable, there is no legitimate 
definition of victory, there is no contingency plan for mission creep, 
there is no clear funding program, there is no agenda to bolster our 
overextended military, there is no explanation defining what vital 
national interests are at stake.''
  Who said that? Not a Democrat, but the majority leader, the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. DeLay), said that on March 28 of 1999.

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  I say, end calling those people who ask questions unpatriotic. Read 
your own history. Read your own legacy. This is a disgrace, what you 
did in 1999, and then you accuse us when we ask a question. Read your 
own literature.

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