[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 3]
[House]
[Pages 3828-3829]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SILLY POLITICS AND SILLY RESOLUTIONS

  (Mr. KINGSTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, if the troops in Baghdad were watching 
what we were doing today, they would be outraged; but when you are in 
harm's way, you don't exactly sit around and watch C-SPAN and silly 
politicians with silly resolutions.
  Here is what the Democrats are up to. Dearest troops, we support you, 
but your mission is in the tank. We don't support your mission. 
Americans are dying, the situation is dire, but we are not going to 
send more reinforcements. You are on your own.
  But wait. The majority party still wants to play backseat driver. 
This is nothing but a nonbinding resolution, fit for the Democrat club 
back home, but when you are the U.S. Congress in the majority party, 
you have the right to pass laws, real laws affecting real people.
  If you have an alternative plan, introduce it. Get out of the back 
seat. November 7th put your hands on the steering wheel with the 
President. You can now help drive the direction of policy, national 
policy in Iraq. This is a silly resolution. I recommend a ``no'' vote.

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