Political Quotes

“we have already appropriated about $65 billion for Iraq, and now the President is asking for $87 billion more. The President wants to do this at a time when he is seeking to increase the copayment for veterans on their prescription drugs from $7 to $15 a prescription. The President wants $87 billion for Iraq when he wants to impose a $250 annual enrollment fee so that veterans can participate in veterans health care. They are excluding priority 8 veterans and saying you cannot even enroll in VA health care now because we do not have enough money. Yet he wants $87 billion more for Iraq. The President has threatened to veto a bill if we get rid of the disabled veterans tax, but he wants $87 billion for Iraq. This administration has given gold-plated, unbid contracts to the President's and the Vice President's friends at Halliburton, and now he wants $87 billion more. The President wants to build schools in Iraq, but he will not ask his wealthy contributors to reduce their tax cuts so that we can pay for those schools. No, the President wants to build schools in Iraq, and he wants to give the bill to America's children to pay for those schools. We are being told we must support this in order to support our troops. But the truth is we sent young Americans into battle, and some of them have lost their lives and been seriously injured without having protective vests.…”