[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   NATIONAL SECURITY, DEMOCRAT STYLE

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, later this week the liberal left in 
the House will take up the Defense Authorization Act, legislation that 
is supposed to make our Nation more secure and help our troops in 
winning the war on terror.
  But you will have to excuse the American people if they don't 
understand the leadership's real agenda here, because you actually have 
to read through 452 pages of the National Defense Authorization Act to 
find it. Subtitle F, section 951 reveals all you really need to know: a 
significant diversion of national security resources to indulge the 
liberal fascination with global climate change.
  The language paints an unwelcomed portrait of the liberal left's 
agenda on national security: Wax philosophical about the so-called 
impact of global warming first and, only after that, talk about the 
real issue of the war on terror. This is the second time in as many 
weeks that the left plans to force this body to vote on a bill that 
would fund special interest priorities at the expense of our national 
security. It is unconscionable. It is unfair. It is not right. It is an 
abusive use of Federal funds.
  Welcome to national security, Democrat style.

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