Ellen Tauscher: “I just want to rise to close this debate from our side and say how impressed I have been by the debate that I have heard…”

“I just want to rise to close this debate from our side and say how impressed I have been by the debate that I have heard today. It has been about 11 hours. We are going to have tomorrow and debate on Friday and Thursday, and this is the first real serious debate we have had about the President's policies in Iraq since the vote in October of 2002. This week the House is considering a bipartisan resolution introduced by Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri, Tom Lantos of California, and Walter Jones of North Carolina, which supports our troops and opposes the President's plan to add 21,500 more combat troops in Iraq. The resolution is very straightforward. It says: ``Resolved by the House of Representatives that: ``(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and ``(2) Congress disapproves of the decision by President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.''”