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Debbie Wasserman Schultz: They also talked about earmark reform. They were railing on and on about earmark reform. Who brought earmark reform to…

On the recordJune 20, 2007
They also talked about earmark reform. They were railing on and on about earmark reform. Who brought earmark reform to Congress? We did. Who brought about the beginning of the end of the war in Iraq, hopelessly mired in a chaotic conflict in another country? If you rewind back to pre-November 7, what was their cute, pithy, succinct little saying? Stay the course. We can't pull out. We can't cut and run. Who is scrambling to make sure they can protect their own political hides now and be supportive of making sure that we can withdraw, but in a responsible fashion? Well, it is they that spend plenty of time talking about that. We are the ones that are bringing about the beginning of the end of this war by putting those votes up on that board and bringing those bills to this floor that they refused to yield on.
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Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Democratic · Florida

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Discussing earmark reform and the Iraq war during a floor speech.

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