[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14335]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                                 GITMO

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I too just returned from a bipartisan 
delegation to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in order to review the procedures 
that are used in handling and questioning the enemy combatants we have 
detained there.
  After hearing months of criticism from the left and hearing our 
military men and women compared to Nazis and Guantanamo described as a 
gulag, I was glad for the opportunity to see the facility myself.
  Do my colleagues know what I found? I found Guantanamo to be a well-
run, secure facility that is essential in our fight in protecting 
America from terrorism.
  For weeks and months, we have been told that the place was violating 
virtually every standard of decency in the free world. Well, these 
detainees do get three meals a day. They are allowed to worship. They 
are receiving health care.
  I hope that the Democrats who know that to be true, who were with us, 
who viewed all the work at Guantanamo, will take a stand and tell the 
truth about Guantanamo and the wonderful men and women in our military 
who are serving there, working to keep America safe.

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