Posted on 03/22/2007 3:50:34 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON, March 22 (UPI) -- A prominent GOP congressman is challenging conditions attached to an emergency bill funding U.S. military operations in Iraq.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., the ranking Republican on the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, said he was worried about conditions attached to the Fiscal Year 2007 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill.
"I have serious concerns about H.R. 1591, both with respect to the content of the bill as well as with the process by which this bill has come before this committee," Hunter said. "This legislation is rife with policy and legislative language. It makes judgments with respect to the war in Iraq that have not been vetted by the Armed Services Committee; these are judgments that I know will be detrimental to our national security and injurious to our military."
Hunter asked "how a 15-day certification requirement would prevent the commander in chief from immediately sending urgently needed reinforcements into Iraq" and "how it would withhold funding for the Iraqi Security Forces until political conditions are met, when it is the ISF that it is the linchpin for creating the security conditions that will allow for political change."
Hunter said he was "offering an amendment that strikes the legislative language in the bill that I believe profoundly misreads the situation in Iraq, interferes with the chain of command, and violates the constitutional power given to the president as the commander in chief."
"I urge this committee to recognize the gravity of the words in the bill, and to provide the members of the House ... the courtesy of offering their input on legislation that will have a profound -- and I fear -- grave-impact on our Armed Forces and the national security of this country," he said.
I am speaking to The Distinguished Gentleman From California, if he is reading this and other threads:
I, along with other serving soldiers, am watching your progress with great interest.
Sam, be sure Old Sarge's comment gets back to your father! thanks!
He was excellent in the House today. He pointed out that, at the end of the Clinton Administration, we had ZERO body armor.
Hunter fought the Clintoons tooth and nail not to largely defund SDI as well. He was a pit bull.
Hunter ping!!
Duncan Hunter...the man on the RIGHT side!
Hunter was on Neil Cavuto on FOX this afternoon
on the subject. He really speaks to the issues and
rolls out the facts.
Excellent. the man is getting much needed face time on TV.
A man among sheep.
A man among liberals
"If there is one man that can choke this thing dead, it is Hunter. Hit 'em hard."
There's an idea, hit'm hard, I wish he'd start with my representative, Commieman Adam Smith.
Hey, I have Norm Dicks. I hope neither is going along with the cut and run nonsense, but I won't hold my breath.
At least Dicks seems to be a little more troop friendly since his return from Iraq. Smith will learn to hate me a little bit more if he screws the troops again on this next vote.
Dicks has always been pro military. He's got Ft Lewis and McChord and Bremerton and Bangor in his district.
Yeah the same with Smith with Lewis and McChord. I know he's a hard core Lib but I was still a little surprised when he played the nonbinding resolution game. He's always been pretty good where the troops are concerned.
Thankfully someone is there to cut through the partisan BS and speak to the real needs and concerns of our fighting forces. This won't get him on TV or make him popular in DC but hopefully it will make a difference.
I surely hope so....
Hunter continues to show he has the best ability to explain the war and what we are facine. Best possible man for the presidency. http://www.gohunter08.com
A leader among weasels.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.