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On the recordOctober 20, 2003
Deborah of Akron, Ohio, writes, ``Please do not give $87 billion to President Bush. He and his advisors did not plan well for the rebuilding of Iraq.'' I think she is talking about the Kevlar jackets, the body armor that simply was not planned, even the war was planned maybe more than a year and a half ago. ``Control of this project should be under the authority of the U.N. We should help but not by throwing more money after a very unsuccessful plan by the Bush team. Maybe the President should ask his rich friends for the money since they are the only ones benefitting big time from his tax cuts.'' She is talking about the tax cut where millionaires get $93,000 while 50 percent of people in my home State and the home State of the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) got zero dollars from that tax cut.
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio

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Addressing concerns about funding for Iraq and the impact of tax cuts during a speech.

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