[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27535-27536]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      DEMOCRATIC STRATEGY FOR IRAQ

  (Mr. GINGREY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the Democrats' plan 
for Iraq. Last week, following the Thanksgiving holiday, I spent a 
considerable amount of my time with constituents listening to their 
concerns and discussing a whole array of issues from gas prices, to the 
new prescription drug benefit, to the war in Iraq.
  However, Mr. Speaker, some on the other side of the aisle used their 
time parading on comedy shows decrying the current operation in Iraq 
and scoring big laughs at the expense of our troops. I believe this 
further undermines the argument of those who would claim that an 
immediate withdrawal from Iraq is a noble course of action.
  During her big debut on ``Comedy Central,'' the minority leader 
bragged that ``60 percent of the House Democrats voted against the war 
to begin with,'' and compared to other Democrats, were ``way ahead of 
the issue.''
  I imagine that statement probably does not sit well with our troops 
in the field. And, Mr. Speaker, for the other 40 percent of my 
Democratic colleagues

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who might also take exception to this statement, I recommend that they 
discuss their concern with the minority leader.

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