[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20061]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE AND WAR ON TERROR

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to thank President Bush for 
declassifying key judgments from the National Intelligence Estimate so 
the American people can understand the absolute critical importance of 
our war on terror, and why the bills we are debating this week, from 
defense appropriations to military commissions, are essential to 
keeping America safe and our homeland secure.
  Mr. Speaker, despite what my colleagues on the other side of the 
aisle might claim, American is not responsible for the rise of 
terrorism. We did not bring this war on the terrorists. They brought 
this upon themselves when they attacked freedom and our way of life in 
Kenya, Tanzania, aboard the USS Cole, New York City, Pennsylvania, and 
right here in Washington, D.C. on September 11.
  America has a winning strategy of relentlessly hunting down those who 
wish us harm, and working to defeat terrorism by encouraging democracy 
in the Middle East. If the terrorists are emboldened by the spread of 
this newfound freedom, it is because they know that free people will 
terminate the terrorist way of life.
  Mr. Speaker, it is absolutely incumbent upon us and this body to give 
President Bush, our CIA, and our military the tools they need to 
prevent future attacks on our Nation.
  I hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join me this 
week in voting to protect the American people.

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