[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 56 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        EMERGENCY WARTIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2003

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                               speech of

                        HON. FORTNEY PETE STARK

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 3, 2003

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 1559) making 
     emergency wartime supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes:

  Mr. STARK. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support of the wartime 
supplemental appropriations bill. Yet, I am greatly troubled by this 
vote.
  The President's crusade to preemptively invade Iraq without regard to 
peace or diplomacy was wrong. I voted against the resolution giving him 
the authority to do so and remain opposed to this war. I continue to 
question the President's judgment as commander-in-chief. Yet, when our 
troops are in harms way, Congress has a duty to support them and 
support them we must.
  This bill provides our men and women in uniform with the resources 
that 1 hope will bring a swift end to the war and minimize the loss of 
life. That is why I am voting in favor of it today.

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