[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[House]
[Pages 22020-22021]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             DEMOCRATS DESIRE TO BETTER SECURE THE HOMELAND

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, no issue that Congress deals with 
is more important than our national security. As Democrats prepare to 
take control of the Congress this January, we are ready to move forward 
with an agenda that I believe will better secure our homeland and help 
us finally to restore our credibility abroad.
  Today our Nation is actually less safe than it was before the 9/11 
terrorist attacks. According to our most professional experienced 
intelligence analysts, the number of terrorists attacks and recruits 
are up worldwide. Many of our enemies are stronger. Their reach is 
greater. Their weapons of mass destruction are more developed, 
plentiful and available.
  Democrats have an agenda for real security at home and overseas. It 
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time that we require the Iraqis to take responsibility for their 
country, and to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces out of 
Iraq. At the same time, we Democrats believe that we need to double the 
size of Special Forces to destroy Osama bin Laden and terrorists 
networks like al-Qaeda, we need to rebuild a state-of-the-art military 
capable of projecting power wherever necessary. That is an agenda that 
will better protect our Nation and is worthy of strong bipartisan 
support.

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