 | Congressional Republicans Respond to House Vote on Iraq Supplemental - FULL STREAMING VIDEO. House Minority. Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and other House Republicans conduct a press conference to respond to a vote in the House defeating legislation that would have provided an additional $162.5 Billion in funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
Washington, May 15 - House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) today issued the following statement on the Democrats’ failed attempt to pile billions of unrelated Washington spending and a $54 billion Small Business Tax Hike onto the backs of American troops in the supplemental war funding bill:
“Members voted present today to protest the fact that the exercise that took place on the House floor was nothing more than a cynical scheme to deny our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan the resources they need for success. Our military has told us that we need to pass a troop funding bill by Memorial Day to make sure that happens. Earlier this week, Rep. Jerry Lewis, Ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee, introduced a clean troop funding bill that could pass both the House and the Senate – with bipartisan support – right now.
“Unfortunately, the Democratic Majority has instead chosen to play political games with our troops and delay their funding by at least several more weeks. This is unacceptable, and House Republicans will not be party to such a cynical political ploy. A troop funding bill should fund the troops. Period. The exercise today on the House floor would instead hijack the troop funding bill and use it as a vehicle for billions upon billions in unrelated Washington spending and a $54 billion tax hike on small businesses. This is reckless, it is dangerous, and it must not stand.” #####
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