Catching Bin Laden Won't Make Us Safer?

CATCHING BIN LADEN WON'T MAKE US SAFER? -- (House of Representatives - September 14, 2006)

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

Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I rise in utter disbelief on hearing comments made by Democrat leaders that the capture of Osama bin Laden would not make America any safer. This statement exemplifies the Democrats' lack of any concrete plan on national security and the global war on terror.

Bin Laden is the alleged orchestrator of the 9/11 attacks, and as he remains on the loose, there is no telling what terrorist activities he may be planning and inciting. He is more than a symbol, he is a threat.

What confuses me even more is the Democrats' criticism of the Republican agenda in winning the war on terror. Democrats accuse Republicans of diverting resources that should be utilized in Afghanistan and then proceed to issue statements that the capture of Osama bin Laden is meaningless, that it would not make us any safer.

So then what is the Democrats' agenda for the war on terror. Give up in Iraq and create a vacuum where regimes that fund and incite terrorist activity can rise again? Leave Afghanistan and cease breaking up terrorist cells?

Mr. Speaker, I have one last question for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle. I know what you are against, but what are you for?

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