Adam Schiff: “tonight I am proud to join my colleague, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott), as well as our other colleague, the…”

“tonight I am proud to join my colleague, the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Scott), as well as our other colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel), as Chairs of the Democratic Study Group on National Security. Mr. Speaker, we founded this group to advance principles and policies of national security which will strengthen America. We have been meeting with nations, top national security experts, and we have been taking to the House floor to respond to world events. We will also be introducing legislative matters to improve our safety here and around the world. I hope to address one of those tonight, that of the intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. But, first, I would like to articulate 10 principles of national security which I believe unite those that have come to associate themselves with the Democratic Study Group on National Security. First, our soldiers. We support our men and women in uniform, our soldiers, our sailors, our marines, our airmen and -women, our veterans, our reservists, our National Guard, completely and unequivocally. Our soldiers are the foundation of our Nation's security.”