[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18039]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




         DEMOCRATS SUPPORT DEMOCRACY AT HOME AS WELL AS ABROAD

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, the statement by Majority Leader 
Boehner was shameful and disgraceful. To suggest that my fellow 
Democrats care more about protecting the terrorists than the American 
people is not right, it is not fair, it is not just, and it is not the 
American way.
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats will not stand by and let a single attack go 
unanswered. You may play the politics of fear, you may question the 
patriotism of those who use their constitutional rights to criticize 
this administration, but this dog will not hunt. This dog just will not 
hunt.
  The American people know better. They want this Nation to take a new 
path. They want to move in a different direction. They want leaders who 
respect the dignity and the values of our democracy. We cannot defend 
democracy abroad if we don't practice it here at home.

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