Political Quotes

“last night I testified before the Rules Committee as they were preparing to draft the rule governing debate on this Supplemental Appropriation bill, and I made a sincere plea that just as we are fighting to provide freedom for the Iraqi people, I hoped that we in Congress would be allowed the same kind of democratic freedoms to debate and vote on the many issues related to this bill. Once again I was disappointed by the decision of the Rules Committee to not act and protect my amendments and dozens of others put forward by my colleagues so that they might be considered during debate on this bill. So I find it very difficult to support this request from the President, which would address none of the outstanding concerns I have raised about providing for accountability on the cost of the war, about developing a plan for the reconstruction of Iraq and for troop deployments, and finally about not placing the burden of the cost of the reconstruction entirely on a future generation of American taxpayers.”