House Republican Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) released the following statement this morning in reaction to Speaker Pelosi's announcement that House Democrats will not bring to the House floor a clean emergency spending bill for our troops in harm's way in Iraq and Afghanistan:
"House Democratic leaders have finally gotten around to releasing key details of their emergency supplemental bill, but House Republicans will not support the slow-bleed strategy they endorsed today.
"Command and control decisions on the ground in Iraq cannot be made efficiently or effectively by 535 Commanders in Chief sitting 6,000 miles away on Capitol Hill.
"House Republicans asked the speaker and her supporters to deliver a clean and straightforward emergency funding package for our troops, and this morning's announcement clearly proves that they are not up to the task.
"Be assured that Republicans will continue to press the majority for an unambiguous declaration of support for our troops, and a funding measure that does not tie the hands of the Commander in Chief with arbitrary mission standards or non-emergency spending."
Friday, March 09, 2007
Rep. Blunt: We Do Not Need 535 Commanders In Chief
From PR/US Newswire:
