On the recordJune 3, 2011
I appreciate the gentlelady for yielding. Ladies and gentlemen, we are at a moment in time. The Middle East is awakening to freedom. They're seeing the opportunities that lie before them that we have experienced for hundreds of years, and they're begging for freedom. The greatest disinfectant to terrorism is not necessarily bombs. It's not necessarily armies. It's freedom. This war, this action in Libya, I believe sells itself. I believe it is in the United States' interests and in the interests of freedom-loving people everywhere to support it. But, Mr. President, you need to come to Congress, and you need to say what our interests are there and allow Congress to vote on that, because I believe the action in Libya sells itself. People all across are begging for this. In 50 years, when boys and girls in school read about the great awakening in the Middle East and the wars and the consternation that we used to have to fight and now you have a bastion of freedom, let us be on the right side of history. Let us be the ones that stood up with people that said, we're going to throw off the reins of terrorism and the reins of dictatorship. This sells itself. Thank you. Announcement by the Speaker Pro Tempore The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would remind all Members that remarks in debate are properly addressed to the Chair and not to the President.
