| Washington D.C.- Congressman Jeb Hensarling (TX-05), Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, today called on Democrat leaders in Congress to pause and rethink non-binding congressional resolutions on the President’s plan in Iraq. The resolution declares “it is not in the national interest of the United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by escalating the United States military force presence in Iraq.”
Hensarling issued the following statement:
“How can the majority party in Congress fund something that it believes is against U.S. interests? Every member of Congress has taken an oath. If the majority party in Congress believes that the mission in Iraq – as offered by the Commander-in-Chief and General Petraeus – is not in the interest of our nation, then they have the moral obligation to introduce legislation to end or change that mission. They owe that to the men and women in our armed forces and their families. They owe that to their constituents. They owe that to every American.
“I am not sure how any member of either chamber can look at the family of a young man serving in Iraq in the eye and tell them, ‘we don’t think your son’s mission in Iraq is in the interest of the United States, but we are going to send him there and fund it. Senator Kerry once asked, ‘How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake,’ yet if the Democrat majority believes that the plan in Iraq is not in U.S. interests, that is exactly what they are asking of our servicemen and women.
“The war in Iraq has been difficult for all Americans, but it is critical for the future of our nation and our way of life that we succeed in Iraq. I believe that it is not in the interests of the United States of America for Congress to oppose the mission of the U.S. Military while continuing to provide funding for it.
“May God bless our troops and their families.”
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