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On the recordDecember 1, 2009
My president sold me a clunker, and I paid for it with my children's and my constituent's children and grandchildren's cash.

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Ackerman expresses frustration with President Obama's Afghanistan strategy.

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Is there a motion before the House, Mr. Speaker? And could you state it if there is. Mr. Speaker, parliamentary inquiry. What is before the House? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the gentleman from New York have a parliamentary inquiry?

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Nothing can be more short-sighted and contrary to our national security interests in the region than to draw back on our commitments or, worse, pull back, disengage and leave the region's fate to be determined wholly by others.

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Yes, Mr. Speaker. What is before the House? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The House is considering a motion to recommit.

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