[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 15557]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAN

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                           HON. PETER T. KING

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, July 11, 2005

  Mr. KING of New York. Mr. Speaker, the American people proudly stand 
in solidarity with the people of Great Britain in the wake of last 
Thursday's murderous attacks in the city of London.
  It is tragic whenever anyone, anywhere is brutally and senselessly 
murdered. The carnage and bloodshed in London last week, however, were 
particularly poignant and moving to Americans because we have had no 
more resolute ally or steadfast friend in the war against terrorism 
than the British people and their leader, Prime Minister Tony Blair.
  Prime Minister Blair has been there from the start, visiting Ground 
Zero just days after the tragic attacks of September 11, 2001 and then 
sitting in the gallery of the House of Representatives when President 
Bush addressed a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001. That 
was America's darkest hour and Tony Blair stood by us. For that and 
more America will always be in his debt.
  Today's world is brutal and treacherous, We are engaged in a struggle 
which could well determine our survival as a civilization. British 
troops fight beside American troops in every theatre of that struggle 
and British police, law enforcement and intelligence agencies work in 
full concert with their American counterparts.
  Just as Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill stood as one to lead 
the world through the ravages of Nazism and fascism, George Bush and 
Tony Blair stand shoulder to shoulder in the war against terrorism. And 
just as the British people mourned with us on September 11, we assure 
them that our thoughts and prayers go out to all those good people in 
London who were murdered as well as those who were injured and all of 
their families. They will always be remembered.

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