[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13593]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      STANDING ALONGSIDE PAKISTAN

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the eyes of the world have 
been watching the terrible conflict in Pakistan. They have watched the 
Pakistani military attempt to free certain areas of terrorist interests 
that would undermine the peace and security of that nation.
  I would hope that we would all support the idea of peace and 
security. I believe in peace over conflict. I actually am appalled at 
the level of violence, but we must support the people of Pakistan and 
its military, which has risen to the occasion to fight against those 
who would undermine the civilian government. We can't have it both 
ways, and they are not doing this at the behest of the United States 
Government but for their own people.
  We must also join in the humanitarian aid to give to those 2.5 
million people who are now being evacuated. We must be prayerful about 
the young people who were abducted, and we must praise again the 
Pakistani military, which itself has lost lives. We now need to stand 
alongside this country and not forsake it and stand for its democracy 
and its security.

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