[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13422]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       NO ROOM FOR RECKLESS TALK

  (Ms. HARMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. HARMAN. Mr. Speaker, I have often said that the terrorists won't 
check our party registration before they blow us up. Security has been 
my focus since coming to Congress seven terms ago. I have served on 
almost every security committee here, including 8 years on the 
Intelligence Committee.
  Our security policy must not be partisan, and that is why last week's 
compromise on FISA was so meaningful. And that is why Charlie Black's 
comments in an upcoming Fortune magazine interview that another 
terrorist attack on U.S. soil ``certainly would be a big advantage'' to 
his candidate and that the Bhutto assassination ``helped us'' were so 
outrageous.
  Yes, he and Senator McCain have apologized; and they should have. 
Another attack here or the assassination of a democratic political 
party leader anywhere harms all of us.
  Seven years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is still at large. The 
Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan, and young kids still want to be 
suicide bombers. These are tough challenges, and there is no room for 
reckless talk.

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