[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19764]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            NATIONAL DEFENSE

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, when I decided to run for 
Congress, I made a conscious decision to do so, and I took my oath of 
office very seriously, just as every Member before me and every Member 
in the future will as well.
  I knew that the first and foremost responsibility of the Federal 
Government was to provide for the national defense. It is actually in 
the preamble of our Constitution. America is a peace-loving Nation. And 
yet we find ourselves in a war with an enemy who hides in the shadows 
and preys on the innocent, terrorists who have murdered innocent 
citizens and are enemies of freedom and liberty and democracy.
  Mr. Speaker, election day is coming to our Nation, and as Americans 
make their decisions, national security and the war on terror is on 
every voter's mind. So I ask them to consider what the Democratic 
minority leader said in a recent interview about the upcoming elections 
when asked about the importance of national security. She said, ``This 
is what I guess campaigns will be about. It shouldn't be about national 
security.''
  Mr. Speaker, Americans are dying and the Democratic minority leader 
doesn't think national security should be an issue. Think about that.

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