Michael Burgess: “we are here in this House; and it is our duty, it is our obligation to debate the important questions of the day, and…”

“we are here in this House; and it is our duty, it is our obligation to debate the important questions of the day, and that is one of the unfailing obligations of this House. One of the questions I hear asked, particularly from the other side, but sometimes from my side of the aisle, are we safer now than we were a year ago? Are we safer now than at the time we went into the country of Iraq? I just think back to a year ago and what was going on in my congressional office here in Washington. And I look out over the floor of the House, and I see a gas mask under every seat. Truly in March 2003, we were concerned about the possibility of a poison gas attack within our country. And, of course, one of the reasons for that was because there was country that was very much opposed to us who had a history of using that type of weapon in an offensive pattern different from any other world leader. So as we debate these points now, are we safer now than a year ago, we would be wise to remember what was going on in this body a scant 12 or 13 months ago.”