Cornyn Urges Democrats Not To Play Politics With Troop Funds

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Cornyn Urges Democrats Not To Play Politics With Troop Funds

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, made the following statement regarding the $124 billion emergency supplemental appropriations bill passed earlier today by the House. The Senate is expected to consider this bill next week, and the President today vowed to veto it if passed in its current form.

"The President has vowed to veto this bill - as he well should - because our commanders in the field, and not politicians in Washington, should be making the battlefield decisions that will allow our troops to complete their mission.

"As the Senate prepares to consider this critical funding measure, it is my sincere hope that my Democrat colleagues will dispense with the political theater we witnessed in the House this week and do the right thing for our troops and their families.

"Congress should not hold hostage the funding our troops need, especially not in order to advance a particular political agenda or pork-barrel spending. We need to work in a bipartisan manner and send the President a clean bill that he can sign - without delay."

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