[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2599]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            IT'S SOCCER TIME

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, two American soldiers were killed 
today in Afghanistan.
  While our amazing troops are still in the rugged field of battle 
fighting people who kill in the name of religion, a new field is 
getting ready for its grand opening at Guantanamo Bay.
  Finishing touches are being put on a swanky high-dollar soccer field 
for criminal terrorist detainees at Gitmo. And, of course, Americans 
are picking up the $750,000 tab for the recreational facilities for 
these criminals.
  Isn't that lovely?
  The U.S. Government is giving these radical extremists access to the 
soccer field for 20 hours a day. What follows, a terrorist soccer 
league? These radicals should be doing hard time, not soccer time.
  Our government has no business building this tropical Caribbean 
recreational facility for terrorists. It is disrespectful and insulting 
to all who are victims of these killers.
  What is next at this terrorist playground, a tiki hut and bar at the 
beach?
  This ought not to be, but that's just the way it is.

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