A Bad Case of Amnesia

A BAD CASE OF AMNESIA -- (House of Representatives - November 17, 2005)

(Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute.)

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because I am concerned about some Democrats here in Washington. It seems that when it comes to the vote on the Iraq war, they have developed a serious case of amnesia. That is why I am going to give them a little reminder of what they said 3 years ago as they cast the votes they seem to have forgotten.

A leading liberal Senator from New York argued that ``If left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to increase his capability to wage biological and chemical warfare and will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons.''

The Minority Leader in this House emphatically stated, ``Saddam Hussein certainly has chemical and biological weapons. There is no question about that.''

The Minority Leader in the Senate warned that, ``Saddam Hussein's near success with developing a nuclear weapon should be an eye-opener for us all.''

Now, some Democrats want to act as if these statements of support for the war never happened. We all remember the line, ``I voted for the war before I voted against it.'' It seems like many more Democrats are jumping on that bandwagon.

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