Sylvester Turner: “on the very day that our young men and women in uniform saw the fruits of their sacrifices in the faces of cheering…”

“on the very day that our young men and women in uniform saw the fruits of their sacrifices in the faces of cheering Iraqis, the majority party in this Congress will vote to saddle their generation with $4 trillion in debt. Tonight, my colleagues will charge these young patriots with the burden of paying for the war they so willingly and valiantly fought. While America's finest risk their lives and sacrifice for our country, the Republican leadership tells the rest of America, your contribution to the call of duty will be to get $700 billion in tax cuts that will be paid for by the generation of young soldiers who fight in Iraq tonight. Never in the history of this Nation have we been at war and refused to ask every American to join in the sacrifice. Instead, our Republican majority turns a blind eye to the $25 trillion unfunded liability in Social Security and Medicare, they turn a blind eye to future national and homeland security needs of this Nation, they weaken our ability to respond to future threats by disarming our fiscal strength, and they rush headlong down the path of higher interest rates, dwindling national savings, and burdensome debt. Cast a vote tonight for the generation that has made us proud in Iraq today. Vote ``no'' on the Republican budget.”