[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 10200]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WAR FUNDING BILLS SHOULD BE ABOUT WAR FUNDING

  (Mr. PENCE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PENCE. I think war funding bills ought to be about war funding. 
Last week, the Democrat Congress tried and failed to pass an Iraq 
funding bill by piling billions of dollars in unrelated domestic 
spending and higher taxes on the backs of our soldiers. But because 
House Republicans took a stand, the American people could plainly see 
that the majority of the majority is willing to cut off funding to our 
soldiers, even when they are in harm's way.
  With Memorial Day just around the corner, this Congress should stop 
playing politics with funding for our troops. We should pass a clean 
Iraq funding bill, legislation authored by Representative Jerry Lewis 
of California, and we should pass it this week. As we prepare to 
remember the heroes of conflicts past, let's make sure that today's 
heroes have the resources they need to get the job done and come home 
safe.

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