Bill Delahunt

Meanwhile, what is happening in terms of the war on terror. We are talking about Iraq, and yet all over the world, murky, small, nebulous cells of fundamental Islamics who hate America are being spawned. Mr. Speaker, maybe tomorrow if we…

The client is the American taxpayer. That is who the client is, the American people.

The chief executive of one of the civilian contractors said in an interview this past Monday, just stop and pause and think of that, this past Monday, said we have not received any information or direction from the client regarding our…

We have already had the evidence of that. It has been demonstrated very, very clearly. I remember the Secretary of Defense speaking to the fact that there was some 70,000 Iraqi security forces. Well, the truth is that there were about…

Let me note that the Senate chair of the foreign relations committee, who we all know and respect, Senator Lugar, along with the ranking member, Senator Biden, urged the administration to be more forthcoming about its strategy for…

I do not want the audience or whoever may be watching us have this conversation tonight to perceive this simply to be a one-sided partisan attack on the White House because that would be a distorted view of our purpose and our intent.

What you are saying is that the President's National Security Adviser, who is responsible for coordinating American foreign policy, particularly in times of crisis like obviously we find ourselves currently in, has not on a single occasion…

If I can interrupt my friend, how many briefings has Dr. Rice volunteered up to this point in time to come in and to consult and to engage in a discourse and a dialogue with Members of Congress?

In retrospect General Shinseki, who was treated in an extremely dismissive manner, his advice should have been heeded and, maybe just maybe, today we would be looking at a totally different situation in Iraq than what we are currently…

And I dare say that that election date is very much at risk, as the gentleman suggests that Afghanistan, as a viable nation-state embracing democracy, is very much at risk, because we have ignored Afghanistan since we achieved a stunning…

Is my friend aware of the fact that the President of Afghanistan recently was compelled to delay the elections that were scheduled in June to September?

If I can interrupt, I think we are usually in agreement, but here I have to disagree, because it was not immediately after 9/11. Yes, I believe the President did make that statement, and I presume he will acknowledge he made that…

If I can interrupt, I believe that goes to the question of competence; and the issue of post-war planning has been roundly criticized.

Hans Blix. They are all being vindicated. But really what is at stake here is the prestige and the credibility of the United States. We heard a lot in the debate last week about appeasement. There is no appeasement when it comes to…

Again as I indicated, I sympathize with these individuals, and I am confident that as time moves on, because America is truly about, at its essence, the search for the truth, that they will be vindicated. What I would submit is that time…

What I want to explain is that in this particular case, the attack on Senator McCain failed to mention that his sister was a breast cancer survivor.

One of you noted recently that the individual who was responsible, the Pakistani who is responsible for the proliferation of nuclear weapon technology to North Korea and Iran has been identified, and what have we heard from this…

If you know, how many Saudis were implicated in the attack on America on September 11?

I had indicated that as part of the resolution, there is a reference, and the only reference, I find this interesting, to the issue of weapons of mass destruction because, as we know, this was the premise that was put forth by the…

If I could, clearly there is language in the resolution that we considered here today that praises the troops. But the reality is that the rhetoric does not match the action.

Unfortunately, it has become exclusionary. And I think we can concur that that is indeed unfortunate if we want to have an open and respectful debate. So during the course of time, during the course of the debate, sometimes passions become…

And be honest with us about the cost of the prescription drug benefit proposal put forth by his party and his White House.

We understand and I continue to hear the word ``recovery.'' We know it is a jobless recovery, but it is not a jobless recovery for those who live in Iraq. It is a lot of no-show jobs going on over in Iraq. And as we discussed in our last…

Everybody knows, we all know, on both sides of the aisle, that we will receive a so-called supplemental budget. And those that are watching us this evening should understand that that is in addition to the budget that we pass. And it is…

I agree but I would suggest that that is a by-product of just sheer incompetence by the civilian leadership, by the civilian leadership in the Department of Defense, not the military personnel because they are being sent into combat, but…