[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 13512]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      REPEAL DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL

  (Mr. QUIGLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reaffirm my commitment to 
an immediate repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
  I applaud the Department of Defense for initiating a plan, but I 
remain deeply disappointed that instead of moving forward immediately, 
we are on hold. We are spending millions on a 32-page survey asking 
servicemembers how they feel about the repeal when polls show that this 
is unnecessary.
  What's worse, as a country founded on liberty and equality, we are 
denying basic human rights to some of our brave men and women who are 
defending those very principles. And, unlike more than 25 of our 
allies, including every original NATO signatory other than the U.S. and 
Turkey, we have not ended discrimination.
  Experts say what is needed is not a study but, rather, a quick and 
authoritative top-down repeal. Our military leaders must act now before 
our pace destroys our mission.

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