Cord Byrd: “That is a little over $7 billion. That is what we ought to be doing now. We ought to get these other countries to belly…”

“That is a little over $7 billion. That is what we ought to be doing now. We ought to get these other countries to belly up to the bar and help to bear the cost of this war. We are not doing that, though. We are having an administration that says, Give it to me, give me the authorization to go, and if you, the U.N., don't do it, I will. Who is ``I''? ``I will.'' ``We will.'' Who is ``we''? We are committing the American people, we are committing the blood and the treasure of the American people to do what the United Nations won't do. I say, do what the President has done thus far. Put it in the lap of the United Nations and expect them to give us an answer. Then come back to the people's representatives and let them make a determination as to whether or not at that point we should strike. Maybe we shouldn't.”