[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10279]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         THE IRAQ SUPPLEMENTAL

  (Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina. Madam Speaker, 79 days and counting 
since President Bush committed his request for critical funding needed 
for our troops fighting on the front lines.
  The Democratic leadership should bring the emergency supplemental to 
the floor without a timetable of defeat. It's not a decision of this 
House to arbitrarily pick a date this war should end. It's our job to 
ensure our military personnel have the resources they need to win and 
come home in victory. I wonder what men and women risking their lives 
every day for our safety, our security, our freedom, think about the 
Members of Congress sitting in their comfortable offices, playing 
politics with their money.
  I came to the House floor this morning to speak to them and let them 
know there are Members of Congress who believe our military can 
succeed, and we are doing everything within our power to ensure 
victory. As long as I am United States Congressman, I will never turn 
my back on you. I will not stand in Washington, D.C., and tell your 
generals how to fight this war, and will never put politics above your 
safety or that of our Nation.

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