[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 10859-10860]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




            THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN DOESN'T WORK, SIGN THE BILL

  (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, that's the value of this great 
country, it is that the will of the people can be heard by those of us 
who represent them. The will of the people always will be to bring our 
soldiers home.
  It's interesting that our colleagues are talking about funding that 
doesn't exist when they know full well that there is funding until July 
of 2007 minimally. But, really, the message of the Democrats, the 
legislation of the Democrats, is not to micromanage, it is a bill that 
this President, who declared victory 4 years ago on an aircraft, should 
sign, because it leaves the

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logistics of the war to the generals, but it indicates that the people 
have spoken, it's time to bring our troops home.
  Does this body recognize that the Maliki government has begun to 
purge generals trained by this United States military, who have shown 
themselves to be balanced and fair, who have shown them themselves to 
fight against insurgents. The Maliki government is a complete collapse, 
it is a failure.
  It is time now to reorder the government to allow allies that are in 
the surrounding areas to work. It is important for Secretary Rice to be 
in Iran, to talk to those in Iran and to make sure that we have a plan 
that works. The President's plan doesn't work. Sign the bill.

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