Austin Scott: “I stand 100 percent behind this bill for a responsible redeployment of our troops out of Iraq. Much has been said. There…”

“I stand 100 percent behind this bill for a responsible redeployment of our troops out of Iraq. Much has been said. There are several points I would like to make going forward. First of all, this is responsible. This is not something that was just put together. This was put together with military advisers of the first order, generals on the ground who were consulted, and by two of the most distinguished individuals in this Chamber, our distinguished chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Mr. Tom Lantos, and our distinguished chairman of our Armed Services Committee, Mr. Ike Skelton. Nobody can argue their credentials. Nobody can argue the credentials of the military advisers that put this together. But most importantly, the people that no one has mentioned, the entity that no one has mentioned, the most important entity of all is the American people. This bill represents the will of the American people. Seventy percent of the American people support this action today.”