Political Quotes

Chet Edwards: “We have had a lot of disagreements on how to end the Iraq war and on the budget plan of the administration.”

On the recordAugust 21, 2008
We have had a lot of disagreements on how to end the Iraq war and on the budget plan of the administration.

Editor's note · Context

Chet Edwards reflects on the disagreements he has had with the Bush administration regarding the Iraq war and budget.

Share

More from Chet Edwards

Dec 1, 1997

I am deeply disappointed that the Republican leadership has placed an incredibly unfair gag rule on a constitutional debate of historic proportions

congress.gov
Dec 1, 1997

As Speaker Jim Wright asked from the well of this House in 1989, When will this mindless cannibalism end?'' How many good public officials must be destroyed because of their private sins and human imperfections? When will we stop using the…

congress.gov
Mar 10, 1994

I keep hearing we should not give the Department of Defense special treatment. But the truth is if every Federal agency had been cut like the Department of Defense, we would not even have a deficit problem. The Frank amendment will not…

govinfo.gov
Dec 1, 1997

Considering the historical importance of this vote today and the precedent we will set for decades to come, would it be within the rules of the House for me at this time to ask unanimous consent that each Member of this House, who feels in…

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation