[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11056]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             ARE WE SAFER?

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Madam Speaker, a lot of hype has occurred about the 
first hundred days of the new government. The question to be asked is, 
is America safer today than a hundred days ago?
  Well, the government has determined to close Guantanamo Bay prison in 
spite of evidence these terrorists still want to harm us; the United 
States is considering canceling the development of the most advanced 
fighter in world history, the F-22; foreign computer hackers have 
gotten into the Defense Department system; North Korea launched its 
first ballistic missile while we did nothing but object; the United 
States now wants to scrap its missile defense system in Poland because 
the Russians are complaining, even though the system was designed to 
protect us from Iranian missiles, not the Russians.
  The little fellow from Iran, Ahmadinejad, still boasts of nuclear 
destruction of Israel while mocking our President behind his back; 
Homeland Security leaked vital intelligence about national security; 
the defense budget is going to be cut so the new government can spend 
money on its own pet projects.
  Hopefully, the new government will change this dangerous trend and 
remember the first duty of government is to protect the American 
people.
  And that's just the way it is.

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