[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 932]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     OPPOSE PRESIDENT ON ESCALATION

  (Ms. WATERS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker and Members, last night the President of the 
United States addressed the Nation. He had promised us that he was 
going to come up with creative solutions because he acknowledged his 
failures. He has designed what he called ``a new way forward.'' That is 
another one of his sound bites.
  He tried to cloud the escalation by saying sending 20,000 new troops 
was a surge of some kind. There was nothing new or creative about his 
message.
  Remember, it was the President of the United States who promised us 
that they were going to get rid of the weapons of mass destruction, 
only for us to find out there were no weapons of mass destruction.
  Remember when he rolled out on the battleship saying ``Mission 
Accomplished''?
  Remember when he promised us that we would get the proceeds from the 
oil in Iraq and that would be used to rehabilitate Iraq?
  Remember when they promised us that we would be welcomed with open 
arms and we were winning the war?
  Well, there this is no new real exit strategy. This is no new way 
forward. As a matter of fact, this is a new way backwards. And then on 
top of that, he had the audacity to tell us he wants a billion dollars 
to give to the Iraqis for jobs and employment. Give me some of that 
money for our cities and our rural communities. We could really use it. 
We have to oppose the President on this escalation.

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