House Proceeding 04-08-08 on Apr 8th, 2008 :: 0:35:09 to 0:40:25
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the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: is recognized, without objection. mr. wamp: madam speaker, as i close the rally today with 400 veterans in support of our troops and their mission in iraq and afghanistan, i quoted john

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Speech By: Madeleine Z. Bordallo

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: stewart mill who said, war is an ugly thing. but not the ugliest of things. the decayed and degrade the state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: a person who has nothing for which they are willing to fight, nothing they care more about than their own personal safety is a miserable creature who has no chance of ever being free unless

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: those very freedoms are made and kept by better persons than themselves, end quote. those better persons are our nation's veterans, the men and women in uniform. and today may god almighty, jehovah

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: god, bless and keep those brave americans in harm's way on our behalf. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. herger: request unanimous

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. without obje ction, the gentleman. mr. herger: now that the colombia trade agreement is before congres s, i hope

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: that all members will weigh its benefits carefully and approve it with a strong bipartisan up or down vote. the united states is the largest manufacturer and exporter in the world. and new

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: markets are essential to our workers. 42% of whom are employed by companies that are involved with trade. the colombia agreement would level the playing field for american workers and grant

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: our exporters the same fair access that colombian producers already enjoy into the u.s. market. it would also strategically strengthen colombia's fight against narcoterrorists and help

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: them reject the influence of venezuela's anti-american strong man hugo chavez. i urge support of the u.s.-colombia t.p.a. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: alaska rise? mr. young: thank you, madam speaker. address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mryoung: madam speaker, my fellow colleagues,

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: today is the day with general petraeus to recognize that of all the rhetoric on this floor that we should listen to the troops. they are the ones that are sacrificing, they are the ones that

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: i believe have firsthand knowledge of what is occurring in iraq. i have a letter that i'm going to submit and read. it says dear congressman young, i'm an alaskan army national guard soldier

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: serving in iraq voluntarily on one of the embedded provincial reconstruction teams based in camp talia. my team works in abu ghraib districts and soon another. our surge military forces

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: along with the greatly improved iraqi army, police and local critical infrastructure security force vs. won battles. al qaeda is gone from our districts. now we need the time to win the war. the security

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: situations are set and 180 degrees turned around from presurge times. i have seen it happen and living it daily. we do not let the united states lose -- do not let the united states lose this

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: part of the global war against terrorists. i i rent, please -- i revise and extend, please. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from georgia rise? mr. gingrey: madam

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: speaker, to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. mr. gingrey: madam speaker, this morning

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: i was honored to join with senator mccain and other republican and democratic members of both the house and senate to welcome over 400 veterans from iraq and afghanistan that werean here

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: for a rally in support of all those who are risking their lives on the frontlines in this global war against terror. this morning's rally marks the single largest gathering ever iraq and afghan

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Madeleine Z. Bordallo: veterans since the war began. madam speaker, make no mistake, these heroes were gathering in support of victory not a politically driven withdrawal. which would ensure defeat. these veterans are

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Robert Portman: so committed to success in iraq and afghanistan that they have formed a nationwide group it's called vets for freedom with a mission of educating the american public and congress about

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Speech By: Robert Portman