[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13409]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               LET US SEE FOR OURSELVES AT GUANTANAMO BAY

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, I was a former judge. I saw jails, I saw 
prisons. I saw numerous prisons and jails. Now we hear about this 
torture chamber down in Guantanamo Bay. Some people call it Gitmo. 
Well, I think we ought to ``Gitmo'' information, information about 
Guantanamo.
  The statements made by our colleagues down the hallway are 
uninformed, irrational, and totally irresponsible.
  I ask this person who says this torture chamber down in Gitmo is 
uninhabitable, well, I will ask you, what did you have for breakfast 
this morning? Was it pancakes with syrup, fresh fruit, and coffee? 
Oatmeal, scrambled eggs, orange juice or cranberry juice; your choice?

                              {time}  1015

  Well, that is what those Guantanamo Bay prisoners had for breakfast 
today. Meanwhile, American troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, what are 
they eating? They are eating C-rations out of cans. We know that the 
prisoners in Guantanamo Bay have actually gained weight.
  It sounds like the characterizations to this and Nazi prisoner of war 
camps are irresponsible. So I invite the good Senator to go with me to 
Guantanamo Bay, and let us GITMO information about his place and let us 
go down and check it out firsthand before more comments are made.
  Meanwhile, apologies need to be made to American troops overseas.

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