Rep. Calvert Gives One-Minute on House Floor Against Iraq Supplemental

Today Congressman Ken Calvert (R-CA) gave the following statement on the House floor:

"Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to the Majority Party's Iraq Supplemental appropriations bill.
"I returned from Iraq last week where I met with our troops. The one question I was asked repeatedly was ‘Why doesn't Congress support us?'
"I told them that I do support them. Unfortunately this bill does not.
"Right now, we have the A- Team in Iraq and they are producing results. I saw it first hand:
· Sunnis working with Shia and the U.S. Marine Corps in the al-Anbar province.
· Sunnis looking forward to the next elections.
· An oil distribution plan that is on the brink of completion.

"The Majority's Supplemental Bill is ‘defeat on an installment plan.'

"How can Congress convey our support for the troops in Iraq and at the same time pass a bill which pulls out the rug from the very people we claim to support? Plain and simple, the supplemental - as written by the Majority - is a blueprint for defeat.

"I urge my colleagues to reject this bill and pass a clean supplemental bill that provides support to those who are fighting and dying. We owe them that much."

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