Neil Abercrombie

I support your amendment; so leave me out of it. It is unfair for you to do that.

It is imperative, from the point of view of Representative Hirono and myself, that we regard this bill as nonpartisan in nature. And it was considered that way in committee, and I am grateful for it. The bill was passed overwhelmingly last…

This is the craziest, dumbest plan I have ever seen or heard of in my life.

Thank you. That is why I am hoping that you would consider in this instance possibly withdrawing it. When you say the process is out of control, I am not going to argue with you about that. I really don't. But this process with this…

I quite understand the gentleman's position, and what I was trying to do in good faith in response was say, I cannot argue the process with you. In fact, I am willing to concede even on process, but it is the substance which is before us…

If the gentleman is confused, it is the first time in my entire relationship when such was the condition. Mr. McHUGH. The gentleman's very kind but very inaccurate, but in any event, the motion to instruct, as I understand it, has nothing…

I have a serious question. Is there a question as to whether there is proper jurisdiction? If there is, would not the Parliamentarian have ruled that we are out of order now and not carry forward?

We do no service to the support of our troops by continuing to have them engage in military activity which undercuts that which they have accomplished to this point.

Now these costs are likely to be at least $500 billion and perhaps close to $1 trillion, unquote. Total military spending on operations in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 through this September 2005 is $252 billion according to Steve Kosiak…

Will the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) yield his remaining time to me? The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman from Hawaii (Mr. Abercrombie) has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This is a very, very big opportunity and challenge for us that I think we will be able to meet. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 2015

I do not believe, if the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Barton) would corroborate here, that there is going to be opposition to this amendment.

Due to official travel today with the House Armed Services Committee, I was unable to cast my vote on the challenge to the Electoral College tabulation of votes for President and Vice President of the United States. Had I been present, I…

The thing that I most regret about coming back this evening is that shortly we will be taking leave of the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Hoeffel). He is the founder of this opportunity that the rest of us have seized upon week after…

That is the issue that I raised with respect to November 2. Let us face it. No matter who you are in this country, a vote is going to take place on November 2. That man has to answer and his boss, the President of the United States, has to…

The commitment is upwards of $150 billion. That does not include the taxes that are now being imposed, and I use that with quotation marks around it because that is how it is characterized, within the military itself. The existing military…

Although the reconstruction plans first envisioned in the summer of 2002 and submitted by the Coalition Provisional Authority to Congress last July have undergone substantial changes, it has been the coalition's ability to adapt to rapidly…

Because the question arose in several contexts, including questions and observations made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) and others on the Republican side of the committee. We try very hard in that committee to work…

I think the hearing that we had in the Committee on Armed Services today makes clear that they have moved from that position to the point that it does not matter. That is essentially the point that Mr. Wolfowitz was taking today, the…

I do not want to interfere, but just to say on the points that he raised, if this was the right war and the right place, that would be one thing; but it is not nitpicking to say that we are doing the wrong thing in the wrong place at the…

I believe that the American Armed Forces will be set adrift on a desert sea of anxiety, insecurity, and ineptitude. The gentleman from Massachusetts has characterized the present situation with respect to our policy as one of rampant…

On that point, perhaps one of my esteemed colleagues could enlighten me as to the status of Mr. Chalabi and his brethren with respect to the sovereignty issue that is supposed to come to full fruition on June 30. I am unable to determine…

The indication today was from the Department of Defense that Reservists and National Guard can look forward to 16,000 more being called up in the next year to supplement those already in service.

I can affirm to the gentleman based on his suggestion which he just made about elections that General Garner felt very strongly at that time that councils of one kind and another should be allowed to be set up, that we could go to the…

I can tell you who has been notified. I can tell you who has been held responsible. The New York Times, perhaps the same article, indicated yesterday, the senior American commander in Iraq has ordered the first punishments in the abuse of…