[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27571]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    DISCUSSION OF SITUATION IN IRAQ

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I am very proud to associate 
myself with the reasonable presentation and offering of the gentleman 
from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha), who has allowed this Nation to debate a 
very important issue of redeploying our troops.
  Mr. Speaker, as I join him in his excellent leadership, I would offer 
to my colleagues the thought of engaging American diplomacy and 
providing an international coalition to provide the support and 
security for Iraq, to convene a summit of Arab nations to ensure that 
our Arab allies are involved in the security of Iraq, to stop the 
redeployment of American troops for multiple tours of duty, to have the 
allocation of resources and attention to cover the 15,000 injured 
soldiers and proceed for their medical and educational services, and to 
establish a special memorial for those who have come home from Iraq and 
those who have lost their lives on the frontlines of Iraq, and then to 
provide this Nation with a comprehensive exit strategy to redeploy our 
troops.
  Mr. Speaker, yesterday I stood with disabled veterans in Houston. 
They join me in this request. I look forward to this debate.

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