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Dutch-American politician and diplomat (born 1953)
Reclaiming my time, we talk about are we better off. Think about it. It is 1995-1996. We have been attacked a few different times in a few different places around the globe. We know that the organization that is attacking us is a terrorist…
We have looked into the eyes of the Iraqi people. We have shaken their hands. We have heard them speak. We have seen the sincerity. I always say this is not easy. And there are going to be other ugly days and other ugly events. We are not…
Because he said, when we were in Iraq, he said, we could get CNN. He said, we finally turned it off, because what we saw on CNN had absolutely no relationship to what we were seeing in Iraq. The gentleman from Indiana and I are not denying…
Most importantly, the work that they are doing is taking a look at putting together a series of recommendations that will enable us to improve our intelligence capabilities and improve our response capabilities into the future. As much as…
I think that is a key word that we need to spend time on, maybe not tonight, but that the American people and our colleagues need to think about. Are we really at war? It was not that long ago that we had the opportunity to be at an event…
Everybody would say, of course, that is George Bush, January 2002. No. We have made it clear that it is our policy to see Saddam Hussein gone. "If entrusted with the presidency, my resolve will never waver." Al Gore, May 23, 2000. These…
We were there in August and I think even then we also flew over the city and we saw the tremendous amount of commerce, the cars on the roads. Baghdad looked much like a functioning city until you got to some of the compounds where we had…
There is not much I can add to Daniel Webster or the gentleman's rendition of Daniel Webster. On occasion I have an opportunity to give a tour of the Capitol at night. One of the places I go to is the other body. I go to the desk that was…
The gentleman may want to just explain for folks exactly how the tax credits work. How is this tax credit different perhaps than a voucher system that is maybe being used in some other States? Then we can talk a little bit about the…
This is $100 million voluntarily, correct? This is not $100 million where the legislature in Arizona passed a new tax and said we are upping our sales tax by half a percent or changing the income tax? This is $100 million that people…
There have been, what, 21,000 students in the State of Arizona who have been able to take advantage of a scholarship to attend a school of their choice; but there have also been significant amounts of money that have flowed back into the…
I think this is what I really want to reinforce because I think it is also a model that I would hope that we would consider here in Washington; and more importantly, I am hoping that it is a model that we will consider in the State of…
What we forget is the rich tradition of Iraq. I do not know whether you have got it, but I have some things that have been posted on the Internet by folks who recount the history of this part of the world. It is a rich cultural heritage…
I think the quotes go well on to other folks in 2000. So this is a continuing story of intelligence. As we move through this process, on a bipartisan basis, this is what we believed the threat was to the United States. One of the things…
We join in expressing our sympathy to the government and the people of Spain for the loss that they suffered today and reaffirm our commitment to the people of Spain that we will continue to work and fight with them in this war on…
The National Intelligence Estimate said, if left unchecked, Iraq probably will have a nuclear weapon during this decade. Here is what Dr. Kay had to say, George Stephanopoulos, October 5, 2003: ``I think if they had, if someone had given…
One of reasons we are taking this action... is we don't want to see it taken with chemical or biological agents, but we do know that Iraq has been in process of building that kind of capability. But we're looking at the intelligence very…
This is a moment of grave determination. We have decided to use force because other means simply have not worked. Saddam's capacity to develop and brandish such armaments poses a threat to international security and peace that cannot be…
In this struggle our adversaries are likely to avoid traditional battlefield situations because there American dominance is well established. We must be concerned instead by weapons of mass destruction and by the cowardly instruments of…
Great. I thank the chairman for this clarification of the recognition of the unique problem of the ozone transport into southwest Michigan.
This amendment again addresses the issue that we have been working with the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott), the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Wolf) and others on to ensure that workers are engaged in productive and constructive work…
I voted against PNTR, both again for the jobs and because of the persecution that is going on there and because of their military intervention. I believe that we need to protect American jobs here, both from the Chinese; and we need to…
I had an opportunity to go back in September to complement that trip and see some things we were not able to see in August; and in coming back, there are some things we agreed on. Number one, we agreed on the quality of our troops. We have…
Not only on the surface is it ridiculous, but as we peel the onion, it gets even more absurd. They say that these are Canadian drugs, who knows where they manufactured. No, they were not manufactured in Toronto. These things were…
The interesting thing that the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Gutknecht) is talking about, if you are buying pork or hog bellies from Canada, they were raised and grown in Canada and exported to the U.S. These drugs that we are talking…
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