House Proceeding on Feb 15th, 2007 :: 0:22:15 to 0:27:41
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Speech By: Paul E. Gillmor

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Paul E. Gillmor: leave politics aside to fight terrorism and support our troops. we owe it to ourselves, the people we represent, and future generations. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for

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Artur Davis: what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? mrs. jones: to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. jones: i'm so proud to be

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Speech By: Artur Davis

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Artur Davis: an american. i'm so proud that we have first amendment freedoms and why this house of representatives has decided to step up and debate the issue of iraq, i'm not ashamed that i want my

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Artur Davis: troops to come home. i'm not ashamed to say that the babies that have died in iraq that come from cleveland, chicago, illinois, need to come home and get out of harm's way. i'm not unpatriotic.

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Artur Davis: i am as patriotic as the rest. and i stand here to say to america today that the democrats in this house of representatives and the democrats in the senate want a debate. fortunately we have

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Artur Davis: a strong leader in the house and we are debating. somehow the senate can't seem to get off -- and not have an opportunity to give us the opportunity to debate the issue of iraq. i'm proud

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Artur Davis: to be american. i'm proud to have troops who have stood up for us, have given their lives. it's time for us to stand up for them. let's remember them. let them not be numbers. let them be

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Artur Davis: people and their families know that we care about them. i give -- i yield the rest of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman

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Artur Davis: from virginia rise? mrs. drake: for permission to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. drake: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker,

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Artur Davis: this is a historic week in iraq. they have passed a new budget for 2007, an overwhelming majority of the iraq council of representatives voted in favor of the $41.1 billion budget that will aid iraq

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Artur Davis: with rebuilding, security, and move them forward to be more self-sufficient. we should celebrate this achievement as evidence that we are making progress in iraq and we should allow the new

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Artur Davis: strategy a chance to work. the 2007 iraq budget represents a 21% increase over the 2006 budget, over $10 billion will be dedicated to reconstruction efforts and capital investment projects this

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Artur Davis: year and over $7 billion will be used to provide security to protect iraq from insurgents that continue to work against the cause of freedom. this is great news from iraq. we are making

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Artur Davis: progress. i applaud the dedication to fiscal responsibility in iraq and urge my colleagues to celebrate the success stories like this one in iraq. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the

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Artur Davis: gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? mr. wilson: unanimous consent for permission to speak to the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore:

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Artur Davis: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, the iraq resolution that we are debating here is bipartisan. over the last two days democrats and republicans have come to this floor to voice

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Artur Davis: their opposition about the escalation plan for this war. there is also a strong bipartisan suppohe gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from florida rise? ms. castor:

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Artur Davis: i seek unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. castor: mr. speaker, over the last two days republicans who support the president's

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Artur Davis: troop escalation plan have had two main message points. the first is that the resolution opposing the president's plan is nonbinding and meaningless. the second is the resolution will be end of

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Sam Johnson: civilization to borrow a term from a columnist. they can't have it both ways. what we are doing over these three days of debate is having a real discussion about changing the course of the