[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 23784-23785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            SECURITY AGENDA

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, while the Democrats are working to 
develop a message for the upcoming year,

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Republicans have more than a message. We have an agenda: the security 
agenda.
  We know that Americans have strong views on how this country ought to 
run, and this Republican majority represents those views. We believe in 
focusing on four areas: retirement security, homeland security, 
economic security, and moral security.
  We are aggressively fighting terrorism both here at home and abroad 
to strengthen our national and homeland security. We continue to work 
to be certain that our seniors are taken care of and provided for in 
their retirement years. We are working to keep taxes low, regulation 
light, and shrink the growth of government to be certain that our 
economic security is not threatened.
  Madam Speaker, we want to preserve the right of every American to 
worship as we choose, defend the sanctity of marriage, and we are 
fighting to advance the culture of life in order to guard our Nation's 
moral security.
  Madam Speaker, Republicans are focused on these security issues. We 
know this is an agenda where the American people join us in the actions 
they would like to see.

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