House Proceeding 02-06-07 on Feb 6th, 2007 :: 0:02:03 to 0:03:29
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Nancy Pelosi: for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: owe recognized. mr. walleds: -- mr. walz: madam speaker, last week the nonpartisan congressional budget office released a report saying president

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Timothy Walz: bush is understating the number of troops and the amount of money needed to move forward with his troop escalation plan. while the president claims he plans to send 21,500 troops to

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Speech By: Timothy Walz

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Timothy Walz: iraq, the congressional budget office says the number will be as high as 48,000. as any soldier like myself knows, that to put a combat unit on the ground you need substantial support forces.

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Timothy Walz: including personnel to staff headquarters, service military police, provide communications, provide mess facilities, engineering, and other services. the congressional budget office also said that

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Timothy Walz: the president has seriously underestimated the cost of troop escalation. while president bush claims it shouldn't cost anymore than $5.6 billion, the congressional budget office says a four-month deployment

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Timothy Walz: will cost between $9 billion and $13 billion. 12 months between $20 billion and $27 billion. this is a 400% underestimate. madam speaker, this is a serious report that cannot and will not be ignored.

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Timothy Walz: president bush cannot expect members of this congress to support his troop escalation plan when he is not telling us the whole story on the number of troops and the funds involved to make it

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Timothy Walz: happen. i yield back my time. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? mr. walden: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute.

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Timothy Walz: and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. walden: thank you, mr. speaker. failure of congress to re- authorize the rural schools act amounts to a breach of faith

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Greg Walden: to forested counties across america and 4,400 school districts. hood river county, oregon, my home, and host to mount hood and the powerful columbia river, both attractions for outdoor recreation

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Speech By: Greg Walden