[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1852]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   DEMOCRATS CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to discuss the NSA terrorist 
surveillance program. It seems that on this issue the Democrats want to 
have their cake and eat it, too. They want to say they are tough on 
national security while at the same time demonizing anything that 
President Bush does to protect our country.
  On the one hand, we have the junior Senator from Massachusetts 
calling the program ``illegal.'' Other Democrats have deemed this a 
``domestic spying program.'' And when this program came to light, 
leading Democrats acted outraged as if they did not know about it. But 
now these same Democrats are admitting that in fact they were briefed 
on the program all along and are arguing that they actually support the 
NSA program. So which is it?
  Mr. Speaker, Democrats must decide. They cannot have it both ways. 
The American people deserve to know where the Democratic Party stands 
on this issue. If they disagree with the terrorist surveillance 
program, then they need to say so and offer up a real alternative. But 
let me remind them: criticism, demagoguery and demonizing are not 
alternatives.

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