Bill Delahunt: “And, Madam Speaker, I think that is very important to understand. And for those that may be listening to us at this late…”

“And, Madam Speaker, I think that is very important to understand. And for those that may be listening to us at this late hour, the vote tomorrow, or maybe early on Friday morning, will be on the entire package. Many of us have pressed the administration and the Republican leadership to allow separate votes. But as the gentleman from Ohio indicates, they refuse to do it because they know that, yes, the body would support the needs of American troops; and, therefore, they feel that the other monies, the monies that are going to be going to large multinational corporations to rebuild Iraq would be very much at risk. That is a ploy, a stratagem that I daresay is again unconscionable. And for anybody to suggest that a vote against the $87 billion is a vote against supporting the troops is misleading the American people. We have had enough of misleading the American people. Let us really tell it as it is.”