Kendrick Meek: “And, Mr. Delahunt, as we close here, I believe Ms. Wasserman Schultz is going to claim that next hour so we will…”

“And, Mr. Delahunt, as we close here, I believe Ms. Wasserman Schultz is going to claim that next hour so we will continue. Democrats, we call for the redeployment, a number of Members and some Republicans, redeployment of U.S. troops. Due to the fact that Mr. Ryan talked so eloquently about section 1, Article I of the Constitution that says we have legislative powers, but it seems the Republican majority forgets about that. Thus far, the new Pentagon report shows that the situation is worse in Iraq. Every day we go now, the attacks are up to 700 attacks per week, 792 attacks. We also have U.S. troops and taxpayers continuing to pay a high price for the war in Iraq. We are approaching 2,700 U.S. troops dead, 20,000 wounded, and the U.S. taxpayers are paying more than $300 billion on the war in Iraq alone. That picture next to you, Mr. Delahunt, is very revealing, these two quote/unquote leaders are embracing that the U.S. has questions with. ____________________”