Your 109th Congress...
This Republican Congress is now officially a failure.
They have substituted a real debate about our methods and strategies in the war with a solitary afternoon's debate over a single-sentence sham resolution. They have completely abdicated their constitutional obligation of oversight.
They have failed to represent the American people, who are having an authentic debate every day on the Internet, on the radio and at the water cooler.
They have failed the troops, who do not have the luxury to question the direction of the war effort.
Tom Lantos is correct. This whole charade was "beneath the dignity of this body."
They have substituted a real debate about our methods and strategies in the war with a solitary afternoon's debate over a single-sentence sham resolution. They have completely abdicated their constitutional obligation of oversight.
They have failed to represent the American people, who are having an authentic debate every day on the Internet, on the radio and at the water cooler.
They have failed the troops, who do not have the luxury to question the direction of the war effort.
Tom Lantos is correct. This whole charade was "beneath the dignity of this body."
