David Obey: “this recommittal motion is something that we have seen for approximately 5 minutes. I think it is a dubious proposition…”

“this recommittal motion is something that we have seen for approximately 5 minutes. I think it is a dubious proposition to be voting on something this serious with less than 10 minutes of consideration. But upon a cursory reading of it, it is apparent that the purpose of this proposition is simply to prevent people from voting on the underlying bill. It is designed to gut the bill by adding two additional conditions that would enable our troops to stay in Iraq indefinitely. Those conditions make reference to the regional security of the Middle East and the national security interest of the United States. That language is so broad that virtually any deployment of any armed force could be justified under that language. It is obvious that would in fact essentially gut the proposal, and so I would urge a ``no'' vote on the motion to recommit.”