[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3080]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Madam Speaker, in the Senate right now, there is a 
piece of nonbinding legislation that disapproves of the troop surge or 
the Bush Doctrine. Now, it is nonbinding.
  What I find offensive, when we have troops on the ground in combat, 
is you have a bunch of self-proclaimed moralist Senators saying that we 
should not do this, and so what they want is a nonbinding legislation.
  Well, if they really feel like this idea is a bad idea and it 
imperils Americans, then they should follow their conviction and 
introduce real legislation. After all, they do carry the impact of 
changing the law since they are the U.S. Senate.
  I think it is silly to have an extracurricular, intramural exercise. 
They should bring real legislation to the floor. I am hoping that 
Members of the House will do that.
  There are a lot of critics of the war in the House. Well, it is time 
to tone down the rhetoric and beef up the legislation, whether you want 
immediate withdrawal, phased-down withdrawal, a surge, maybe a bigger 
surge than the President.
  We should be having real conversations in Washington. The election is 
over.

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