[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8849]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        WAR SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING

  (Mr. CULBERSON asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CULBERSON. Mr. Speaker, it is approximately 2:10 p.m. on the east 
coast, and in less than 24 hours, the Speaker of the House has 
announced that she is going to drop on this House floor a $250 billion 
spending bill for the United States war against terror.
  It has always been the policy of this Nation that party labels end at 
the water's edge. Until today, it has always been the policy of this 
House that the Members of this House were given the privilege and 
opportunity of debating in committee and offering amendments.
  On legislation as important as funding a war for the survival of the 
American people and a war against barbarians from the Dark Ages, this 
House of Representatives has been shut out. It's appalling, it's 
embarrassing, it's outrageous, it's unacceptable for the Speaker of the 
House and the chairman of the Appropriations Committee to be the only 
two people in this institution allowed to see the bill. No one has seen 
the bill.
  All 300 million Americans have been shut out of this appropriations 
process to fund our soldiers. To ensure their protection and survival 
in the field, to ensure the survival of this Nation, this entire House 
of Representatives needs to be involved, and the country needs to know 
that this Speaker is running this House like the Supreme Soviet.

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