[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14169]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         COMMENTS OF KARL ROVE

  (Mr. ISRAEL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, Republicans began this week when one Member 
accused the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Obey), me, and Democrats in 
general of being anti-Christian. The gentleman retracted his comments.
  They are ending this week with Karl Rove characterizing Democrats as 
weak in responding to 9/11 and endangering our troops. He needs to 
retract his remarks.
  My district is 40 miles from Ground Zero. Democrats and Republicans 
died in that rubble. Democrats and Republicans are fighting and dying 
in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Rove dishonors them by politicizing 9/11. 
He dishonors our troops by dividing them at a time of war.
  Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago or 3 weeks ago we had the Armed Services 
markup on the defense authorization. Democrats offered amendment after 
amendment to strengthen our troops, better force protection, deeper 
investments, better quality of life for their families. Republicans 
opposed those amendments because we could not afford it. They said that 
the tax cuts that Mr. Rove engineered were more important.
  Mr. Speaker, Mr. Rove must repudiate his comments. The President must 
ask Mr. Rove to repudiate his comments. This is the first 
administration that I know of that is every day seeking to divide the 
American people during a time of war.

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