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I believe it is time that this House go on record and vote on whether emergency funding bills should have a troop withdrawal timeline. I want to reiterate to my colleagues the message that we are sending if we include such a timeline in…
I just wanted to note that one of the previous speakers talked about veterans who support this resolution. As a matter of fact, yesterday I was able to announce that the national commander of the VFW said that he opposed this resolution or…
I have observed several speakers here during this debate who I am sure in good faith made the representations that they did, that the short-term redeployment or surge was not a recommendation of the Iraq Study Group. This is a copy of the…
I thank Mr. Hoekstra for yielding. I would just like to build on something that Mr. Shadegg said. He said, in essence, that this subject is so important because it goes so much further than Iraq. And as a member of the Armed Services…
let me just begin by recognizing the true bipartisan nature of this bill. The bipartisan nature of this bill is due in no small part to our great chairman and my friend, Duncan Hunter, and the person that he often refers to as his partner…
I can think of no reason that this measure should not pass unanimously. It outlaws torture, mandates decent treatment for unlawful enemy combatants who are in our custody, protects Americans from frivolous lawsuits and prosecutions, and…
H.R. 5381--The National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006 will enhance a volunteer program and promote community partnerships for the benefit of our Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) fish hatcheries and fisheries program offices…
I thank the gentleman for emphasizing the importance of tax policy relative to economic growth. One of the things that I would like to point out, and I know the gentleman knows this as well, the President today has been criticized by some…
I rise at this time to say a few words about the U.S. economy, which has been actually quite good. It is quite amazing for us here in the House with all of the responsibilities that we have and with all of the responsibilities outside of…
just to conclude this debate, it was not a Republican idea originally to stimulate economic growth by use of the tax policy. It was John Kennedy's idea. When Ronald Reagan was elected President, we Republicans all stuck our chests out and…
each month the Joint Economic Committee has the opportunity to receive job growth data from the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. This month, the JEC was pleased to receive good news; fortunately, good news of two kinds…
this amendment, while I believe misguided, is nonetheless a very important amendment because it changes the parameters, or at least it seeks to change the parameters, of the definition of enemy combatant. It seeks to force in this case the…