[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 17189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING THE FALLEN 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 just want a moment in 
reflection of those that we lost on the front lines of Iraq and 
Afghanistan in the absence of this Congress. I believe we owe them not 
only a debt of gratitude, but also an apology.
  It is time now for there to be a defined strategy by this 
administration to return our soldiers home, those who have been 
deployed once, two times, three times, and to have an orderly 
redeployment as soon as possible.
  I will not accept the condemnation that Democrats do not understand 
the war on terror, nor will I accept the condemnation that we are not 
patriotic or respect our soldiers, for we know a civil war when we see 
it. We know bloodshed when we see it. We know a wrong policy when we 
see it. We know a failed Secretary of Defense when we see it.
  Might I just say for those of us who traveled across the country on 
immigration hearings, there was much more testimony than undocuments 
create a criminal situation in America. Undocuments are families and 
children who are basically seeking an opportunity.
  Democrats want border security. We want comprehensive immigration 
reform. We are not here to condemn and suggest that those children are 
the basis of crime in America.

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