REP. MCGOVERN ISSUES STATEMENT ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR IRAQ WAR
December 19, 2007
December 19, 2007
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 -- Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Mass. (3rd CD), issued the following statement:
I cannot support the underlying bill. The tens of billions in new money for the war in Iraq has no timetables for withdrawal; no limitations; no requirements that the Iraqi government makes progress towards reconciliation; no benchmarks; no conditionality - nothing.
This is a blank check.
The new money in this bill represents one cave-in too many. It is an . . .
I cannot support the underlying bill. The tens of billions in new money for the war in Iraq has no timetables for withdrawal; no limitations; no requirements that the Iraqi government makes progress towards reconciliation; no benchmarks; no conditionality - nothing.
This is a blank check.
The new money in this bill represents one cave-in too many. It is an . . .