Elton Gallegly: “I rise in support today of H.J. Res. 114. I want to commend the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert) and House…”

“I rise in support today of H.J. Res. 114. I want to commend the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hastert) and House leadership for working in a bipartisan manner with the White House to develop what I believe is a very strong, but balanced, resolution. September 11 has tragically taught us the price of not acting when faced with a clear and present danger, and there should be no doubt today we face a clear and present danger in the form of weapons of mass destruction in the possession of Saddam Hussein. We know after the 1991 liberation of Kuwait, Iraq unequivocally agreed to eliminate its nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons programs and agreed to allow international weapons inspectors to ensure that be accomplished. But as we all know, Iraq has willfully and in direct violation of its own agreement and those of the United Nations Security Council thwarted over and over again the efforts of the inspectors to find and destroy those weapons.”