[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27367]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO SEE PROGRESS IN IRAQ

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about something that 
Democrats lately seem incapable of speaking about, and that is the 
progress that is being made in Iraq.
  As of late last month, 210,400 Iraqi security forces have been 
trained and equipped. Thirty-six Army battalions and three combat 
support battalions are leading the fight in their areas, a 71 percent 
increase since March. More than 50,800 Iraqi police have completed the 
basic training course.
  And, adding to that, the progress of the Iraqi people towards 
democracy has been tremendous. They are now holding free elections 
instead of the fake ones that Saddam Hussein forced on them for many 
years.
  Yet, I do not hear many Democrats speak of this progress. All they 
talk about is how we are in a ``quagmire'' and that the war has been a 
``grotesque mistake.''
  Our men and women are not only fighting terrorists over in Iraq, but 
they are also setting up roads and schools. But Democrats would rather 
have us cut and run and, in the process, undo all the good work that 
has been done.

                          ____________________