Jack Kingston: “last year Saddam Hussein spent $13 million on health care in Iraq. This year the United States will spend $200 million.…”

“last year Saddam Hussein spent $13 million on health care in Iraq. This year the United States will spend $200 million. Two years ago when Olympic soccer players made a mistake or lost a game, they were tortured and held hostage until they amended their ways and became better soccer players. Now children's soccer teams are springing up all over Iraq. There has not been much farming going on in Iraq over the last several years; today, farmers are beginning to go back to the fields and replant crops. There has not been much oil production; now we are getting oil back online. Police forces are beginning to form again in Iraqi towns around the nation, and electricity and water is coming back all over the nation, but there is no peace in Iraq. We are not finished with the job. We still need the coalition forces in Iraq. We still need the strong United States presence to lead the way to a stable, growing democracy. We hope this is possible. Today, this House will pass the Iraqi emergency supplemental bill. It is one more step in our effort to bring peace in that region. I urge my colleagues to support it.”