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Woolsey has proposed,

The SMART bill has five sections, aimed at creating a security strategy that

(1) prevents future acts of terrorism by strengthening international institutions and respect for the rule of law;

(2) reduces the threat and stops the spread of weapons of mass destruction and reduces the proliferation of conventional weapons;

(3) addresses root causes of terrorism and violent conflict;

(4) shifts United States budget priorities to more effectively meet the security needs of the United States; and

(5) pursues to the fullest extent alternatives to war

Woolsey is launching a new website this week at http://woolseyforpeace.org The purpose of the site is to raise funds for her reelection campaign.

Lynn Woolsey voted against the Iraq war. She also

-- Led 15 Members of Congress in writing a letter to President Bush on Jan. 12, 2005, calling for the troops to be brought home.

-- Was the first Member of Congress to call for U.S. troops to return from Iraq, when she introduced H.Con.Res. 35 on Jan. 26, 2005.

-- Led the first debate on troop withdrawal on the House floor on May 25, 2005, introducing an amendment that garnered 128 votes, including 5 Republican votes.

-- In June, was an original co-sponsor of H.J.Res. 55, the first legislation to set a timeline on troop withdrawal from Iraq.

-- Hosted an informal bi-partisan hearing on exit strategies and reconstruction, on Sept. 15, 2005, and then spoke at rally in front of White House.

-- Traveled to Iraq in October as part of a Congressional delegation to meet with U.S. Armed Forces.

-- Wrote a letter to President Bush on Nov. 10, 2005, signed by 61 Congress Members, requesting a change in U.S. policy in Iraq.

-- Since April 20, 2004, has given more than 120 speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives calling for an end to the war.

-- Signed on this month as a co-sponsor of Congressman John Conyers' bills to censure Bush and Cheney and to create a select committee to investigate grounds for impeachment.