[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1904-1905]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    CUT OFF FUNDING FOR THE IRAQ WAR

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow we will receive the 
constitutional address from the executive, and I hope tomorrow that an 
olive

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branch will be extended to this Congress, an equal branch of 
government.
  This weekend has seen some 25 U.S. soldiers fall in battle. To their 
families and their loved ones, I mourn their loss. They are heroes. And 
so I rise to thank the United States military for heroically and 
courageously doing their job.
  Now it is time for the Congress to be heroic and courageous and cease 
the funding of this ill-fated war. We are now to reject any suggestion 
that continued funding protects our soldiers. Unless the President has 
a political and diplomatic solution, no amount of military force is 
going to resolve this sectarian fight.
  I vote for cutting off the funds. I vote for a courageous and heroic 
Congress to save the lives of the young men and women of America, and I 
thank them for their valiant and courageous service.

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