[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 22816]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOPER. Mr. Speaker, the Iraq Study Group has completed its work. 
Now it is available for all Americans to read. I would urge everyone to 
pick up a copy. It is only 96 pages. It contains 79 recommendations, 
and it is a vitally important tool to inform the debate on Iraq.
  Regardless of how you feel about this report, the men and women of 
this commission did a commendable job in reaching a consensus. If only 
the American people can do the same thing.
  Voters voted for change. We will have change. And over the next 
coming weeks during the Christmas holidays, we need to inform the 
debate so that everyone can give us, your representatives, your opinion 
about how the war should be conducted or how it should be ended. So 
this is a very helpful tool. It is now available for everyone. I urge 
all of our citizens to pick up a copy.

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