[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3650-3651]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IS THIS THE DEMOCRATS' AGENDA?

  (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, this week a resolution was introduced in the 
United States Senate that would censure President Bush over the 
National Security Agency's surveillance program. We have seen the 
Democrats launch political stunts before, but this one certainly takes 
the cake.
  They have determined, on their own, that President Bush has broken 
the law by authorizing surveillance of al Qaeda communications. They 
are so intent on opposing everything that President Bush is for that 
they don't seem to realize or even care about the message

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this sends to the rest of the world as we fight the war on terror.
  The fact is, this is a necessary tool in the war on terror, and it is 
working. As General Michael Hayden, the principle Deputy Director of 
National Intelligence stated, ``We have learned information from this 
program that would not otherwise have been available. This information 
has helped detect and prevent terrorist attacks in the United States 
and abroad.''
  Mr. Speaker, the Democrats have put off releasing their agenda for 
months now. I guess I can see why, since it includes stripping away 
important tools to fight the war on terror. Perhaps the Democrats 
should go back to having no agenda.

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