[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11994]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    DEMOCRATS STILL NEED TO DECIDE WHERE THEY STAND ON WAR ON TERROR

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, last week the House voted to pass a resolution 
declaring that the United States will prevail in the global war on 
terror. The House spent 10 hours debating the measure, which came on 
the heels of two victories, the formation of the Iraqi Government and 
the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi.
  House Republicans made clear that we are determined to prevail in 
protecting our freedoms from the terrorists, but House Democrats 
couldn't even develop a unified message to let the American people know 
where they stand on the global war on terror. While House Republicans 
stood firmly in support behind our troops, House Democrats were all 
over the place. The San Diego Union Tribune reported on this confusion 
by saying, ``Some Democrats stand with the White House, some change 
their views day to day, some incredibly don't believe Iraq has much to 
do with the war on terrorism. They seem to want Iraq to collapse in 
civil war rather than have any sort of resolution that can be seen as 
vindication of U.S. foreign policy.''
  Mr. Speaker, the American people have a clear choice: House 
Republicans are committed to winning this global war on terror, while 
House Democrats seem to want to give up and concede defeat.

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