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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 108 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 150 WASHINGTON, MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004 No. 100 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was this administration, this was a big suc- ades of tyranny, war, and terror re- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- cess. In the United States, we kept our minds me of a speech by a citizen of a pore (Mr. NUNES). word of giving the Iraqi people back former colony of the British empire at its waning days, spoken at their f their country. On Wall Street, in Asia and in Europe, the stock markets ral- handover, a citizen who made an im- DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO lied. Gas prices continued their slide passioned plea for his countrymen to TEMPORE down: Average gasoline prices tumbled march into the destiny before them The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- 7 cents a gallon from mid June to mid and create a land of democracy and fore the House the following commu- July, according to the new report from freedom. That was August 14, 1947, by nication from the Speaker: AAA. But to whom was this triumph the eventual prime minister, Mr. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, most important? The free Iraqi people. Nehru, when he gave his speech on the Washington, DC, July 19, 2004. As I say, there are naysayers who granting of Indian independence. I hereby appoint the Honorable DEVIN likely did not celebrate this good news: Of course, there are spectacular dif- NUNES to act as Speaker pro tempore on this The radical Islamist world, terrorists, ferences, Mr. Speaker, between the two day. al Qaeda, and a few political partisans. countries and the situation. India was J. DENNIS HASTERT, To them, it is not about Iraq, the peo- a colony of another nation, not a sov- Speaker of the House of Representatives. ple, it is about the President they want ereign country; whereas, Iraq has been f to see fail. hostage to an internal tyrant of their own blood and nationality. However, MORNING HOUR DEBATES On what grounds do I say this? Well, on Monday, June 28, CNN heard Wendy the mood of a nation and a people on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Sherman, a former State Department the cusp of a new day, standing in the ant to the order of the House of Janu- counselor in the Clinton administra- sun on their own, with the blessings of the free world, is somewhat transfer- ary 20, 2004, the Chair will now recog- tion, say ‘‘I hope we have turned a cor- able. nize Members from lists submitted by ner, but obviously I think we need a the majority and minority leaders for Mr. Nehru’s entire speech is inspiring change in presidents to really change and lyrical, but there are two par- morning hour debates. The Chair will the corner.’’ alternate recognition between the par- ticular passages I find applicable to the The President overthrew a brutal dic- handover the world is watching now. ties, with each party limited to not to tatorship, he arrested Saddam Hussein, exceed 30 minutes, and each Member, Nehru begins, ‘‘A moment comes, he has since handed him over to Iraqi which comes but rarely in history, except the majority leader, the minor- courts, restored or built new infra- ity leader, or the minority whip, lim- when we step out from the old to the structure, and set up a provisional gov- new, when an age ends, and when the ited to not to exceed 5 minutes. ernment within 1 year following the at- The Chair recognizes the gentleman soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds tacks, and we need a change in the utterance. It is fitting that at this sol- from Florida (Mr. STEARNS) for 5 min- Presidency? Mr. Speaker, if you had to emn moment we take the pledge of utes. pick a team, would you rather play dedication to the service of India and f with those who see victory or those her people and to the still larger cause who see defeat? of humanity.’’ IRAQI HANDOVER: GIFT OF Now, back to the Iraqi people. A re- INDEPENDENCE Mr. Speaker, the Iraqis too are the cent poll of 2,200 Iraqi households by an soul of a nation, long suppressed, find- Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, while Iraqi firm shows that half of Iraqis ing utterance, and I wish them the joys we were in our districts late June and interviewed believe Iraq is headed in and the blessings of liberty. And I close early July, celebrating the anniversary the right direction; 65 percent think with this uplifting benediction of Mr. of our independence day, we handed they will be better off; 73 percent be- Nehru’s. ‘‘To the nations and peoples of over to the citizens of Iraq the gift of lieve the handover of authority to the the world we send greetings and pledge their independence, 2 days early no interim government will improve the ourselves to cooperate with them in less. current situation. furthering peace, freedom, and democ- Barely on anyone’s radar screen, sov- The Iraqi people now enjoy an admin- racy.’’ ereignty passed from the Coalition Pro- istrative law system with sovereignty, Nehru admonished his fellow Indians visional Authority to the new Iraqi justice, and rights of free expression, that it would not be enough to work for provisional government. By most ba- justice, thought, and conscience. That peace within India’s border, or the bor- rometers, except for the naysayers of such optimism abounds following dec- der with Pakistan, but that to be truly b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H5911 . VerDate jul 14 2003 02:15 Jul 20, 2004 Jkt 029060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A19JY7.000 H19PT1 H5912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE July 19, 2004 peaceful citizens of the world, Indians summer by a mob of armed security of expression, and human rights in Russia. must cooperate with their inter- forces as his plane landed at a Siberian Over the past year, reports from human rights national neighbors in ‘‘furthering airfield. Since that time, he has been groups, NGOs, the European Union, legal peace, freedom, and democracy.’’ held in a Russian jail. He has been lim- scholars, and wide spread media reporting of I wish and I hope that citizens of Iraq ited in his contact with his own attor- conditions in Russia bear out what our own will think this, and think not only of neys, he is not permitted to commu- government has reported. On Secretary of civil rest within their great nation, but nicate with the outside world, and he State’s last trip to Russia, he made it a point the opportunity for the dawning of a appears in court in a steel cage. to voice his concerns directly to President new day across the troubled swath of This treatment of an individual who Putin and publicly expressed them through the their neighborhood of the world. at this point has a tax dispute with the limited media outlets that exist in Moscow. f Putin regime violates all principles of There is much that concerns me about Rus- due process and the rule of law. sia today. In view of the time limitation I can- LACK OF RULE OF LAW IN RUSSIA Mr. Speaker, I am calling attention not address all of them, but I would like to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- today of our colleagues in the Congress mention a few that I believe deserve urgent at- ant to the order of the House of Janu- to this decline of civil and human tention. ary 20, 2004, the gentleman from Cali- rights in Russia. Together with my dis- First is the case against Mr. Mikhail fornia (Mr. LANTOS) is recognized dur- tinguished colleague, the gentleman Khodorkovsky, chairman of YUKOS Oil Com- ing morning hour debates for 5 min- from California (Mr. COX), we have es- pany. This week Mr. Khodorkovsky goes to utes. tablished the Russia Democracy Cau- trail in a court that is hardly known for its in- GENERAL LEAVE cus to work for the development of the tegrity or independence. Virtually all of the Mr. LANTOS. Mr. Speaker, I ask rule of law and the consolidation of legal entities and courts outside Russia have unanimous consent that all Members civil and human rights in Russia. ruled against the Russian government, gen- may have 5 legislative days within Mr. Speaker, a number of my col- erally finding the cases lack in legal merit and which to revise and extend their re- leagues will be submitting their state- being political in nature. Little wonder Mr. marks on the topic of my 5-minute ments joining me in deploring the roll- Khodorkovsky is already a condemned man. speech, and that I may include extra- back of freedom and civil rights in Rus- Hardly anyone inside or outside Russia seri- neous material on the same. sia during recent years. ously believes he will receive a fair and just The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. Speaker, last month, on a visit to Mos- trial. objection to the request of the gen- cow, I met with Ambassador Alexander Since his arbitrary arrest last fall by masked tleman from California? Vershbow and other embassy officials to get gunmen and detention, Mr.
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