[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7414]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                TODAY CONGRESS WILL END THE WAR IN IRAQ

  (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, today we will demonstrate that 
this Nation is not doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.
  Forty years ago we were in another war. We had lost just about as 
many soldiers, about 3,000 young men, at this point in the Vietnam War. 
Our President urged the Congress to stay the course so that he could 
save face, and the Congress did, as the President demanded, until we 
had lost another 55,000 soldiers before we eventually accepted the fact 
that it, too, was an inconceivable war.
  Today, the Congress is going to end this war, this fiasco that we 
never should have begun. It is going to focus on our priorities of 
strengthening our military, going after the people who actually did 
attack us in 2001 and reinvesting in our nation's true priorities.
  We will bring our troops home as soon and as safely as possible. We 
will not repeat history. This is an important vote, and all of the 
American people should be proud of their Congress.

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