Political Quotes

“Karl Rove has said that the Democrats want to cut and run on the war in Iraq. Well, let us talk about cutting and running. When we were told this would be a quick war and turned into a long war, this Congress cut and run from its oversight responsibility. When we were told 130,000 troops would be enough but more were clearly necessary, this Congress cut and run from doing its oversight responsibility. When we were told this would be a conventional war and it turned into an insurgency, this Congress cut and run from its oversight responsibility. When we were told oil would pay for reconstruction, but the taxpayers were left with a $480 billion tab, this Congress cut and run from its oversight responsibility. When we were told we would be greeted as liberators but had become treated like occupiers, this Congress cut and run from its oversight responsibility. Mr. Speaker, Republicans want to portray the greatest foreign policy challenge of a generation as simply a choice between staying the course and cutting and running. Democrats look forward to this debate. Mr. Speaker, oversight requires the vigilance and patriotic determination of every Member of Congress to do the job we were sent here to do and ask the questions that their constituents want. Mr. Speaker, it is time for new priorities in Iraq and here at home. ____________________”