Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel said "They were perhaps making rocket fuel. More likely, making helium for weather balloons, but they were not making weapons of mass destruction. But the Vice President continues to suggest that that was happening. The President himself in the State of the Union address that the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) just referenced, in the face of the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in my view, continued to try to confuse the situation and fool the American people by talking about the fact that Mr. Kay himself, who was in the process of saying there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the President quoted Mr. Kay as talking about weapons of mass destruction-related program activities. And I do not have a clue what is a weapons of mass destruction-related program activity." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordFebruary 3, 2004

They were perhaps making rocket fuel. More likely, making helium for weather balloons, but they were not making weapons of mass destruction. But the Vice President continues to suggest that that was happening. The President himself in the State of the Union address that the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt) just referenced, in the face of the absence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, in my view, continued to try to confuse the situation and fool the American people by talking about the fact that Mr. Kay himself, who was in the process of saying there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the President quoted Mr. Kay as talking about weapons of mass destruction-related program activities. And I do not have a clue what is a weapons of mass destruction-related program activity.

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Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel

Pennsylvania

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the claims about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq during a floor speech.

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