When we bring an energy package the week before we leave for the July 4 recess that really begins to make sure that we end our addiction to foreign oil, they will know it was the Democrats. When we make sure we bring about an end to this war in Iraq, they will know it was the Democrats. And they will say repeatedly, ``they'' being the smart American citizens, American voters, they will say to our good friends on the other side of the aisle exactly what they said to them on November 7, after listening over and over to the same tired slogans, ``Talk to the hand. We don't want to hear it anymore. We see through your garbage. And we are voting to make sure we can move this country in a new direction.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “When we bring an energy package the week before we leave for the July 4 recess that really begins to make sure that we…”
On the recordJune 20, 2007
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Discussing the Democratic agenda and voter sentiment regarding energy policy and the Iraq war.
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