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Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 110 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 110 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION Vol. 154 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2008 No. 55 House of Representatives The House met at 12:30 p.m. and was PRAYER Ms. BORDALLO led the Pledge of Al- called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. legiance as follows: pore (Mrs. CAPPS). Coughlin, offered the following prayer: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- f Lord God, our Defense and our Lib- erator, throughout our history as lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO Americans, and even in our individual TEMPORE lives, You have come to our aid and f The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- strengthened us in the face of all our MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT struggles against evil. Be with us now fore the House the following commu- A message in writing from the Presi- nication from the Speaker: and always. The prophet Daniel offers a distinc- dent of the United States was commu- WASHINGTON, DC, tion. He said he saw You in the very nicated to the House by Mr. Williams, April 8, 2008. one of his secretaries. I hereby appoint the Honorable LOIS CAPPS beginning ‘‘when the evil horn spoke to act as Speaker pro tempore on this day. arrogant words until the beast was f NANCY PELOSI, slain and its body thrown into the fire. DO NOT SELL OUT THE TROOPS Speaker of the House of Representatives. But there were other beasts, too, which AND LOSE A WINNABLE WAR also lost their dominion but were f granted a prolongation of life for a (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House MORNING-HOUR DEBATE time and a season.’’ Lord, we believe You always deliver for 1 minute and to revise and extend The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- us from evil. Yet each of us can name her remarks.) ant to the order of the House of Janu- ‘‘the other beasts’’ described by Daniel Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, ary 4, 2007, the Chair will now recog- in our history as a nation and in our today is a serious day on Capitol Hill. nize Members from lists submitted by personal lives. They may no longer General Petraeus and Ambassador the majority and minority leaders for have dominion to completely overcome Crocker have returned. They are re- morning-hour debate. us, but we know they can be granted ‘‘a porting to the Nation on the progress The Chair will alternate recognition prolongation of life for a time.’’ in Iraq. between the parties, with each party Therefore, Lord, we plead for Your Since they were last here, this is limited to 30 minutes and each Mem- help to persevere for the time being. what the Iraqi Parliament has passed: ber, other than the majority and mi- Sometimes in the fight we personally A pension law for regime officials; de- nority leaders and the minority whip, need to undergo treatment or continue Baathification reform; an amnesty law; limited to 5 minutes. therapy. For a nation, it may take a provincial election law. The national government is sharing oil revenues f time to reform, rebuild, or reconcile, so continue, Lord, to uphold us until evil with the provinces; sectarian killings RECESS is brought to its end. Amen. are down 90 percent; civilian deaths have dropped by more than 70 percent; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- f and coalition casualties have dropped ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair THE JOURNAL by more than 70 percent. Most impor- declares the House in recess until 2 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tantly, Iraqi security forces are fight- p.m. today. ing for the future of their very own Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 34 Chair has examined the Journal of the last day’s proceedings and announces country. minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- Some in this House are so invested in cess until 2 p.m. to the House her approval thereof. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- the narrative of defeat that they are f nal stands approved. blind to the results of a campaign that f ranks among the greatest in the his- b 1400 tory of our Armed Forces. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Our troops have achieved tremendous AFTER RECESS The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the success through valor and sacrifice. The recess having expired, the House gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. Let’s not sell them out and choose to was called to order by the Speaker pro BORDALLO) come forward and lead the lose a winnable war. History would not tempore (Mrs. JONES of Ohio) at 2 p.m. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. forgive us for that. 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. H2017 . VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:58 Jun 26, 2008 Jkt 059060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 J:\CRONLINE\2008BA~2\2008NE~2\H08AP8.REC H08AP8 mmaher on PROD1PC76 with CONG-REC-ONLINE H2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 8, 2008 HONORING THE INDEPENDENCE OF selves alone. This war is more than for failure’’ do a disservice to this debate. BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA our cause alone. We fight for the Those claims have been soundly re- (Mr. CARNAHAN asked and was human cause of all peoples to be free. futed by the facts on the ground, as I given permission to address the House That is what this war is about. saw last month on my ninth visit to for 1 minute and to revise and extend And that’s just the way it is. Iraq. Let’s be sure our policy going for- his remarks.) f ward is based on the facts. In conclusion, God bless our troops, Mr. CARNAHAN. Madam Speaker, I PUTTING A POSITIVE SPIN ON THE and we will never forget September would like to take this time to con- WORST MILITARY FIASCO IN 11th. gratulate the citizens of Bosnia- AMERICAN HISTORY Herzegovina on their 16th anniversary f (Mr. MORAN of Virginia asked and of independence. was given permission to address the SUPPORTING THE BRAVE It is an honor for me to represent the House for 1 minute and to revise and AMERICANS IN HARM’S WAY largest Bosnian-American population extend his remarks.) (Mr. WAMP asked and was given per- in the United States, as well as cochair Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam mission to address the House for 1 the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Speaker, General Petraeus and Ambas- minute and to revise and extend his re- Bosnia with Congressman CHRIS SMITH sador Crocker are understandably try- marks.) of New Jersey. Our Bosnian-American ing to put a positive spin on the Iraq Mr. WAMP. Madam Speaker, as I neighbors who have come to St. Louis war. But the reality is that this has closed the rally today with 400 veterans and the other parts of the U.S. have been the worst military fiasco in Amer- in support of our troops and their mis- contributed a great deal to our coun- ican history. But one of the questions I sion in Iraq and Afghanistan, I quoted try. would like them to answer is how, John Stuart Mill, who said, ‘‘War is an I am proud that on April 7, 1992, the when the Iraqi government has over $56 ugly thing, but not the ugliest of United States was one of the first na- billion of revenue this year, they have things. The decayed and degraded state tions to recognize the newly inde- the gall to ask the American taxpayer of moral unpatriotic feeling which pendent Bosnia-Herzegovina. As we for another $170 billion? thinks that nothing is worth war is honor the anniversary of their inde- They have $40 billion in reserve that much worse. A person who has nothing pendence today, let us reaffirm our they have gotten from oil being over for which they are willing to fight, support for Bosnia’s progress toward $100 a barrel. The American taxpayer is nothing they care more about than Euro-Atlantic integration and remem- paying more than $3.30 a gallon for gas, their own personal safety, is a miser- ber their long history of multi-ethnic and yet Iraq wants another $170 bil- able creature who has no chance of and religious tolerance. lion? They have got $10 billion in re- ever being free unless those very free- I would like to applaud their demo- construction funds. Yet we are going to doms are made and kept by better per- cratic orientation, and strongly en- continue to pay for all their needs? But sons than themselves.’’ courage the further strengthening of that is what we are doing. We are pay- Those better persons are our Nation’s government reforms with respect to ing for everything from military train- veterans, the men and women in uni- human rights, rule of law and free mar- ing, all the way down to garbage pick- form, and today may God almighty, Je- ket economy. up, with American taxpayers’ money, hovah God, bless and keep those brave I once again congratulate the citi- when they have got tens of billions of Americans in harm’s way on our be- zens of Bosnia-Herzegovina on the an- dollars that they choose not to spend.
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