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442 Cannon House
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Washington, DC
20515
202-225-6316 Phone
202-225-4975 Fax
In Albuquerque
20 First Plaza NW
Suite 603
Albuquerque, NM
87102
505-346-6781 Phone
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Congresswoman Heather Wilson, First Congressional District of New Mexico


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Wilson Statement on the House Floor March 22, 2007
 
Opposes Supplemental Iraq Spending Bill


Washington, DC – Congresswoman Heather Wilson, a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today made the following statement during debate on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives:

“This is an unusual spending bill. Because we’re voting to spend money for the military while putting conditions on the use of that money that will make it highly likely that our military will fail. That doesn’t make any sense.

“And this bill is also an example of the wisdom of the Constitution that was written so many years ago, and we would be well advised to respect the wisdom of that Constitution that separates the powers among the branches. We need to understand our role here as a Congress. It is not to micromanage dwell times and to put limits on deployments so that the sergeants and the captains, who are jumping through enough hoops as it is, have one more set of hoops to jump through courtesy of the United States Congress.

“History will not end on your schedule. We need real leadership from this House to focus on what America’s vital national interests are and how we will pursue those interests for the long term.”
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