Political Quotes

“let me answer my friend. This is a letter from an army captain in Iraq. He says in this e- mail: ``I am a U.S. Army captain currently serving in Iraq, and I am shocked and appalled by Rep Murtha's call for an immediate withdrawal. Please, please, please convince your colleague to let us finish this critical job. He is correct that the deployments and service and casualties are hard on all of us. He is wrong about what is demoralizing to us. What is demoralizing is a Congress which no longer stands behind our mission.'' That is why we are offering this resolution. That is obviously the message that is going out to thousands of servicemen around the world. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. For 24 hours you maligned a great Member of this House, a decorated Vietnam War veteran. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). {time} 1715 Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, in response to the speech of one decorated veteran of this institution, the Republican chairman of the Committee on Armed Services has taken this position of that Member, and he has written this abbreviated, interpreted version which mischaracterizes the position of Mr. Murtha. This is signed by Mr. Hunter, and it has a number on it. Just think of the mischief al-Zarqawi can do with this when he puts it on the Internet.…”