Rodney Frelinghuysen: “as we debate this appropriations bill today, we should recall the words of our President, George W. Bush, shortly after…”

“as we debate this appropriations bill today, we should recall the words of our President, George W. Bush, shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001. He stated: ``America is a nation full of good fortune, with so much to be grateful for. But we are not spared from suffering. In every generation, the world has produced enemies of human freedom. They have attacked America, because we are freedom's home and defender.'' Mr. Chairman, the bill we have before us today is our answer to those who would attack America. This is a strong legislative product--one that reflects well on the Committee on Appropriations, I want to commend you, Chairman, Lewis, Chairman Young and Ranking Members Obey and Murtha for your leadership. Mr. Chairman, as we consider this important legislation, we must remain mindful that our troops are in the field--brave men and women fighting a new kind of war, as we speak. It is a war fought with new technology in a land that is very old world. It is a war that had Forward Air Controllers riding horseback and calling in strikes from laptop computers. This is a war being fought from our ships stationed 700 miles from targets. This is a war that utilizes B-52s and B-2s and B1Bs for precision targeting, but it is also a war that calls for our troops to go from cave to cave or building to building to seek out the enemy. It is a war whose enemy is difficult to identify.”