Lynn C. Woolsey: “my constituents in Marin and Sonoma counties in California are as deeply concerned as the gentlewoman from Illinois'…”

“my constituents in Marin and Sonoma counties in California are as deeply concerned as the gentlewoman from Illinois' (Ms. Schakowsky) constituents are about their sons and their daughters dying in Iraq and the rationale the Republican administration has used to put them there. Americans are willing to sacrifice, Mr. Speaker, but only when those sacrifices are clearly justified. The lack of confidence my constituents show in our current White House results in the American people being unsure that their sacrifice in Iraq is justified. One of my constituents, Nina, from Sausalito writes, ``I believe the majority of Americans are good-hearted people who would not have supported the war on Iraq had they understood the true motivations for it. I believe that the administration knew this, and actively distorted information it gave the people in order to gain public support. We are supposed to live in a democracy, but how can we truly be a nation run by the people and for the people if our government is not open and honest in its communications with us?''”