[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 16]
[House]
[Page 20697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  GOP PREPARES TO LEAVE WITHOUT HOLDING ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTABLE ON 
                                  IRAQ

  (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, despite countless assurances from the 
President that we are safer now than we were before 9/11, this past 
week we learned the truth: The world is more dangerous today than it 
was pre-9/11, and the war in Iraq is the main reason why.
  This weekend on ``60 Minutes,'' Bob Woodward will report that our 
intelligence agencies predict that 2007 is going to be more deadly for 
American troops than 2006. That is a dire prediction considering that 
insurgent attacks against our troops are now occurring every 15 
minutes.
  These reports from our intelligence agencies should serve as a wake-
up call to House Republicans who for 3 years have sat on the sidelines 
neglecting their oversight responsibility of the war in Iraq.
  How bad do things have to get in Iraq before this Republican do-
nothing Congress actually takes action? When will they finally begin 
asking questions? When will they finally begin to hold Secretary 
Rumsfeld and others in the President's War Cabinet accountable for 
their incompetence?
  Mr. Speaker, the American people deserve a Congress that will take 
its oversight responsibilities seriously. It is time for a change here 
in Congress, and it is coming this November.

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