[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27633]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          FREEDOM IS NOT FREE

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, we heeded the call to action during 
World War II as the greatest generation battled oppression and led the 
effort to help Europe rebuild. Today, we are faced with a similar 
mission in Iraq, one that will help focus momentum in the region toward 
the causes of freedom and democracy.
  Our men and women serving in Iraq are part of another great 
generation of patriots committed to a mission that became clear on 
September 11, 2001, another day that will live in infamy in our 
Nation's history.
  Freedom is not free, but it is always worth fighting for. As John F. 
Kennedy once stated, the cost of freedom is always high, but Americans 
have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose is the path of 
surrender or submission.
  We have the mission for victory in Iraq. Let us honor that pledge.

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