Steny Hoyer: “With respect to your latter question, sustaining our troops in the field, under the continuing resolution, we think that…”

“With respect to your latter question, sustaining our troops in the field, under the continuing resolution, we think that the authority to do that exists, and we've been advised that. With respect to if we pass the Defense appropriations bill, it's our advice as we understand it from the Pentagon that they will have sufficient funds through the beginning of next year to fund their needs. Mr. Obey, I'm sure, will be discussing with us and others on the status of the supplemental. I note that he's left now, but the chairman of the Appropriations Committee was on the floor. He has indicated he thinks that they will have sufficient funds if the Defense appropriations bill passes and is signed by the President. That passed, as you know, in an overwhelming vote here as well. We hope to see that bill get to the President. I don't know exactly what's going to happen to it in the Senate, we'll have to see that, but I hope that will pass. With respect to the first question, there's no intention of bringing a surcharge to this floor. What Mr. Obey was saying is that this war was projected to cost $60 billion by the White House when it started. We're going to be at $1 trillion before too long. That bill is going to be paid by somebody. We talked about our children and grandchildren will be paying this bill.”