[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 7]
[House]
[Pages 10281-10282]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                          A SHAMEFUL STRATEGY

  (Mr. PRICE of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Madam Speaker, the Iraq supplemental bill being 
brought to the floor today is a bad idea wrapped in the wrong 
intentions. This is a time when Congress ought to be working together 
to provide our troops with the tools and the resources necessary to do 
their job.
  Instead, the Democrat leadership is committed to a strategy that 
spells nothing but failure in Iraq. They are telling the commanders in 
the field that 535 politicians know better how to do their job. It is 
irresponsible for Members of Congress to play Commander in Chief. There 
is too much at stake in Iraq for political grandstanding.
  This bill sends the wrong message to our soldiers, our allies and our 
enemies. It tells our troops that we have got no faith in them. It 
tells our allies that we lack the resolve of our stated

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commitment, and it tells our enemies all they have to do is wait.
  This is shameful partisan politics that puts our troops at greater 
risk. It is wrong, and the American people are watching.

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