For Immediate Release
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
ICYMI--McCotter Opposing War Supplemental Conference Report
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Excerpts from the Rep. McCotter's floor speech:
“Let me read you a quote: ‘…We are spending $10 billion a month in Iraq and if we can spend that much money in Iraq, we can spend some of that money right here in Cincinnati, Ohio and in big cities and small towns in every corner of this country.’ That was candidate Barack Obama.
“I would never take money from funds appropriated for our troops for domestic spending. I have said that before. But if you are going to add $108 billion to fund a conference report for our troops, then spend it here in the United States, spend it on the men and women who support our troops every day and their families so they stay employed. Do not send it to the IMF.”
“When those troops come home; when they come to the midwest; when they come home to my Michigan I will look them in the eye and say as long as I have been here, I have defended and supported our troops, but I have also made sure that when you came home you came back to the American opportunities that you left behind to defend us.”
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