Charles Norwood: “I want to take a second to speak to my friend from Florida (Mr. Hastings), and he is my friend, but I think he is wrong…”

“I want to take a second to speak to my friend from Florida (Mr. Hastings), and he is my friend, but I think he is wrong when he says human rights issues are something that we just do not get. Well, that is wrong. I think we do get it. I think it is fairly clear to the Members of this body, it is fairly clear to the people of this country, that many of you Democrats are very interested in human rights of the prisoners down in Guantanamo Bay, people who would kill your children, who would kill your families and destroy your homes. And we are interested in getting information in a reasonable manner from prisoners or terrorists in order to save the lives of American people, to save the lives of our military. So it is a simple matter. It comes down to whose side are you really on? Are you on the side of the terrorists so you can be against President Bush, or are you on the side of the American people and the American families?”