[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9475]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WORKING TOGETHER ON TOP PRIORITIES FOR AMERICA

  (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, this morning we can refer to 
two pictures on the front of the Washington Post that show: the 
perplexity of General Taguba who tried to tell the truth, and the 
collapse of young Nick Berg's father when he heard of the tragedy that 
occurred. All of this falls at the feet of our administration, 
regardless of one taking a trip or not.
  We need a full investigation which will include the Committee on the 
Judiciary, and we need it now. The American people and their values are 
owed this responsibility.
  Let me change for a moment, Mr. Speaker, and talk about H.R. 4107, 
involving our firefighters, and say that this is a good first start, 
this bill, but we must make sure that the fire grant stays at the U.S. 
Fire Administration, and we must also recognize that firefighters have 
the rights of meeting and conferring and collective bargaining, and 
that should not diminish their service to the community. We welcome the 
volunteer fire agencies, but we also recognize that fire departments 
should control the work and the hours of their fire personnel so that 
all might be safe.
  Let us work together to make H.R. 4107 a better bill, and let us have 
investigations so that the American people can have the answers on 
Iraq.

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