[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15999]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                IRAQI PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES CONGRESS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, just a few minutes ago, we welcomed His 
Excellency Nouri Al-Maliki to address the U.S. Congress. We commend him 
for his sacrifices and efforts to bring peace and democracy to Iraq. 
Once sentenced to death and thus forced into exile by Saddam Hussein's 
government, Al-Maliki has devoted his life to ending the tyranny that 
dominated his country for so long.
  I commend His Excellency for his commitment to rebuilding his nation 
on the principles of freedom, democracy and the rule of law; and we 
look forward to collaborating with him in this regard. I applaud the 
Prime Minister for condemning the countless terrorist acts in Iraq; and 
I encourage him to condemn all acts of terror in the Middle East, 
including the most recent ones we have seen begun by Hezbollah. As the 
Prime Minister articulated, we must continue to fight for ``liberty 
over oppression'' and ``democracy over terrorism'' wherever it may 
occur in the world.

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