[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 19084]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       TERRORIST ATTACKS ON 9/11

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                           HON. CLIFF STEARNS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 20, 2006

  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, it has been more than five years since the 
terrorist attacks of September 11. In looking back, we have made great 
progress uprooting the terrorists from their havens and liberating 
millions of people. We also have provided our law enforcement and 
intelligence agencies with new tools to combat these threats.
  Yet, there is so much more to do. We are at war against terror and we 
must protect our borders. If we cannot control our borders, how can we 
prevent those who would murder us from entering our nation?
  Millions attempt to enter our nation illegally every year, and many 
are apprehended. I commend our border patrol for their fine work under 
difficult conditions. However, millions have crossed the border 
successfully in the past five years, and we do not know how many are 
terrorists.
  Our borders are another battlefront in the War on Terror.

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