Sam Farr: “I am here tonight, I have been watching this on TV and listening all day long. I am really kind of saddened by the fact…”

“I am here tonight, I have been watching this on TV and listening all day long. I am really kind of saddened by the fact that it seems to be an issue between making excuses for why we are in Iraq, and the other side is cut and run. I remember being in the Congress before we voted on this resolution. I remember being summoned into a hearing with all of the intelligence agencies there. I remember a colleague asking these intelligence agencies, is Iraq an immediate threat to the United States, yes or no? Every single one of those intelligence agencies represented, every one said no. And here we are 3 years later with all of the loss of life. Some say, just stay the course. Stay the course for what? There is not even a plan. Mr. Weldon was right, we had a plan in Kosovo, we had a plan in Bosnia, we had plans. Where is the plan? We have a plan by Mr. Murtha. There is no cut and run date in it. There are no specifics on it. But it is a plan. Why are we not debating a plan? {time} 2045 It is embarrassing that we are here this far into the war, people watching us and having Congress without the ability to exercise democracy, without the ability to have a vote on the only resolution that is ready for a vote, which is Mr. Murtha's. I associate myself with the remarks he made about what he saw and what we experienced going into Iraq. I wish the majority in this House would have allowed a debate on Mr. Murtha's resolution. I rise to associate myself with the remarks of Mr.…”