Lincoln Davis said "When you talk about our national defense, I want to talk about Iraq. In Iraq, the maximum petroleum that was being produced in Iraq was 3.5 million barrels a day. That is over a billion barrels a year. At $70 a barrel, it has been running $60 to $70 a barrel for the last year almost, you are talking about $60 billion to $70 billion. Where is that money going, Mr. President? Where is that money going, Mr. Secretary of Defense? Where is that money being spent? Are we producing that as we told the American public we would be? I understand it is down to a million and a half barrels; but even at that, we are still talking in terms of $30 billion to $40 billion. Why are we still sending money to help rebuild Iraq? I think there are many things that we need oversight on, and the mismanagement that we are seeing of this administration and of this Congress is something that every American ought to be screaming about today." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJuly 11, 2006

When you talk about our national defense, I want to talk about Iraq. In Iraq, the maximum petroleum that was being produced in Iraq was 3.5 million barrels a day. That is over a billion barrels a year. At $70 a barrel, it has been running $60 to $70 a barrel for the last year almost, you are talking about $60 billion to $70 billion. Where is that money going, Mr. President? Where is that money going, Mr. Secretary of Defense? Where is that money being spent? Are we producing that as we told the American public we would be? I understand it is down to a million and a half barrels; but even at that, we are still talking in terms of $30 billion to $40 billion. Why are we still sending money to help rebuild Iraq? I think there are many things that we need oversight on, and the mismanagement that we are seeing of this administration and of this Congress is something that every American ought to be screaming about today.

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Lincoln Davis

Tennessee

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