[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12353]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SEPTEMBER 11 TRIBUTE

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, on the 15th anniversary of 
the murderous attacks of September 11, former Vice President Dick 
Cheney with Liz Cheney detailed how the next President will face 
greater risks to American families and a weaker military than ever 
before, in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal, with the 
President's legacy of weakness:
  ``The President who came into office promising to end wars has made 
war more likely by diminishing America's strength and deterrence 
ability. He doesn't seem to understand that the credible threat of 
military force gives substance and meaning to our diplomacy . . .
  ``Among the most important lessons of 9/11 was that terrorists must 
be denied safe havens from which to plan and launch attacks against us. 
On President Obama's watch, terrorist safe havens have expanded around 
the globe . . .
  ``Generations before have met and defeated grave threats to our great 
Nation. American strength, leadership, and ideals were crucial to the 
Allied victory in World War II and the defeat of Soviet communism 
during the cold war. It will be up to today's generation to restore 
American preeminence so that we can defend our freedom and defeat 
Islamic terror.''
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and may the President, by his 
actions, never forget September the 11th in the global war on 
terrorism.

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