[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3450]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             POOR JUDGMENT

  (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, in their rush to be against everything that 
President Bush is for, Democrats have once again given us reason to 
question their timing and judgment.
  A resolution has been introduced in the Senate to censure the 
President for ordering the National Security Agency to intercept 
communications of suspected al Qaeda members or related terrorist 
groups.
  Apparently, this offends Democrats so much that they seek to scold 
the President in the midst of the war on terror. To them I ask: How 
would you monitor terrorist operatives who move to this country, blend 
in, and wait to strike? Do you think they hang a shingle on their front 
door reading ``Terrorist in Waiting''?
  The NSA program is one that provides the speed and agility that is 
needed as we fight this new kind of war. We must adapt, because in this 
day and age, terrorists move faster than any court possibly can. A span 
of just a few hours could make the difference between life and death.
  Mr. Speaker, we are not questioning the Democrats' patriotism, as 
they so often charge. We are, however, questioning their poor judgment. 
They are unwise in opposing what is clearly a vital tool against 
terrorist organizations and in allowing the censure resolution to the 
Senate floor which could damage the President as he fights this war on 
terror.

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