Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick: “I first want to say that we have for the next several hours, the next 48 hours, a general debate and a final vote on…”

“I first want to say that we have for the next several hours, the next 48 hours, a general debate and a final vote on what we will do with $87 billion of the taxpayers' money that is not paid for. Are we going to saddle our children and grandchildren with this debt? Can some of this be a loan and what is needed right away be sent out forthwith? Those are the kinds of questions, and we hope that some of the amendments will be adopted as we debate the supplemental. Iraq is not a poor country; $2 trillion of oil reserves now can be used to secure and pay back some of this money. Mr. Speaker, it is important that we get engaged, that we speak to one another, that some of the amendments do go forth and that we keep America strong, keep our troops healthy and protect them as God would have it.”