[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H4055-H4056]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




       SUPPORT OUR TROOPS WITH A CLEAN SUPPLEMENTAL SPENDING BILL

  (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)

[[Page H4056]]

  Mrs. BLACKBURN. Madam Speaker, the liberal leadership of this 
Congress has put themselves and the lives of our military members, our 
soldiers in the field, in a very difficult position. When they passed 
the supplemental spending bill earlier this month for the global war on 
terror, they only did it by loading it up with pork. It sounds like a 
grocery list. They have got money for spinach, for beef, for fish and 
for peanuts. Billions of dollars of pork. They made their Members an 
offer that they couldn't refuse.
  They claim to support our military, but in this bill they tie the 
hands of that same military by instituting a timetable for withdrawal 
and taking the power for running the war away from the commanders in 
the field. The majority leader, Harry Reid, didn't help when he said he 
thinks the war is lost.
  American citizens need to ask themselves the question: What would 
happen, what would happen, if we were to walk away? It is the same 
question our Speaker, who obviously isn't going to meet with our 
commanding general, also needs to ask.
  Let's respect the soldiers in the field by doing our job and passing 
a clean budget.

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