[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 77 (Thursday, May 20, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E900]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   URGING ESTABLISHMENT OF U.S. CONSULATE IN KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ

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                               speech of

                         HON. DANA ROHRABACHER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 19, 2010

  Mr. ROHRABACHER. Madam Speaker, I rise to discuss an omission of a 
co-sponsor from my resolution, H. Res. 873, which passed the House by 
voice vote yesterday. The resolution calls for the Department of State 
to establish a U.S. Consulate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq in order 
to normalize United States-Iraq relations at the diplomatic, 
commercial, and cultural levels as the U.S. Armed Forces redeploys from 
Iraq. The Honorable Tom Latham, from Iowa's 5th District, requested to 
be a co-sponsor on the aforementioned resolution. However, by an error 
on our part his name was omitted on the list we submitted. To this end, 
I request that the Record reflect he should have also been listed as a 
co-sponsor.

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