May 24th, 2006 - - Washington, D.C. – House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis issued the following statement on the pending war supplemental.
“We have made a lot of progress with the Senate in producing a bill the House can support and the President can sign. Chairman Cochran has been a fabulous partner and has negotiated in good faith. We are going to take the necessary time to develop the right product that is narrowly focused on the war on terrorism and hurricane recovery. We have communicated with the individual military services and while it is not preferable they have informed us that they can tolerate a delay into June. I am confident that Congress will clear the measure quickly after the Memorial Day district work period.”
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