National Security

NATIONAL SECURITY -- (House of Representatives - September 06, 2006)

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

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the single most important function of the Federal Government: national security and the protection of our citizens. The United States is in an ongoing war on terror. While we have achieved many successes, such as the recent apprehension of Hamid al-Su'aydi, al Qaeda's second-highest ranking member in Iraq, we must not relent in the apprehension and destruction of global terrorist cells.

We are making progress in the global war on terror, but there is still more to be done. The August 31 deadline for Iran to stop producing nuclear fuel has been ignored. And although the United States, along with three European allies, is assembling a list of sanctions to present to the United Nations, it is no surprise that many of the U.N. sanctions and resolutions go ignored.

It is time the United States made clear that Iran's nuclear ambitions must not go unchecked. A well-known philosopher once said that a nation never falls but by suicide. If we ignore the current threat of terrorism, the nuclear ambitions of rogue nations, we are certainly setting our Nation on a path to suicide.

Mr. Speaker, we must continue to relentlessly pursue and eliminate the global terrorist network, as well as ensure that the nuclear ambitions of Iran are eradicated. Not only will this aid in the stabilization of the Middle East, but in the security of all Americans.

http://thomas.loc.gov/