Kent Conrad: “On this side we urge our colleagues to support this amendment. We think when our forces are in the field, when they are…”

“On this side we urge our colleagues to support this amendment. We think when our forces are in the field, when they are in combat half a world away, we ought to meet the Commander in Chief's request for funding. We will offer an amendment at a later point in the queue to fully pay for this amendment. We think that is an appropriate way to handle this matter. But for the moment, on this amendment, we think the right vote is to support the request of the Commander in Chief while our forces are in combat.”