Christopher Shays: “Congratulations to the Appropriations chairman, ranking member and all who worked on the Wartime Supplemental conference…”

“Congratulations to the Appropriations chairman, ranking member and all who worked on the Wartime Supplemental conference report. They did a tremendous job. As a returned Peace Corps volunteer who strongly supported the President's effort to get Saddam Hussein's Iraq to cooperate with the UN inspectors and dismantle its weapons of mass destruction, I am proud, so proud, of our men and women who serve our great Nation. Our job in Congress, when we send our men and women into battle, is to make sure it is never a fair fight. We need to make sure those who risk their lives in service to this country have every advantage. We have done our job and we are doing our job. As another returned Peace Corps volunteer, Jim Walsh, said, we are supporting our troops who brought freedom to a troubled land and we are helping to rebuild that land and nation and the good people who live there. This is a good sign of a great Nation. May God continue to bless the United States of America.”