Political Quotes

“I rise because what the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Price), my friend, has said is terribly important to be said. And what is even more important is that it be made available to the public at large. Mr. Speaker, I think it is important, appropriate, to inform the gentleman and the rest of the Congress who may not be aware that the elements of the strategy for success, the identical language which the minority leader, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi), has requested in the form of an amendment, has actually been included in an appropriations bill, the Iraq supplemental appropriations bill, passed earlier this year. That language was included in an amendment that I submitted to the Iraq supplemental bill. It also included the benchmarks that the gentleman has suggested, as well as even more specific information. We have received that report on the strategy for success, Mr. Speaker. The most important elements of that report, in fact though, were included in an addendum which was classified. And so I and those who have seen the report are not at liberty to give the kind of specific information that at least I feel should be shared with the American public. But I would like to address what was in the body of the report, which does in part respond to the very specific questions, as to Iraq's military capability, its economic viability, and its political stability.…”