[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10812]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




 SEND THE PRESIDENT A CLEAN BILL THAT GIVES OUR TROOPS THE MONEY THEY 
                                  NEED

  (Mr. WESTMORELAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. WESTMORELAND. Madam Speaker, we've got the lights. We've got the 
cameras. We've got the characters for some fine political theater in 
the House of Representatives today.
  Last week this Congress passed an ill-conceived, wrong-headed, ill-
fated war funding bill, even though every Member of this House knew the 
President would veto it, even though our troops are on the front lines 
of a war awaiting this funding.
  And while the troops face fire, the Democratic leaders fiddled. They 
slowed down the process even more by sitting on the bill for days.
  Madam Speaker, it's time for the majority to change out of their 
costumes, take down the curtain, take their bow, and exit stage left 
because Americans don't want to see the last act of this Democratic 
script that calls for waving the white flag of surrender.
  We owe it to our Nation and to our troops to change the ending of the 
story. Send the President a clean bill and give the troops the money 
they need to do the job. And they will be victorious.

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