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We Should Be Sending Money to Our Troops, Not Monkeys (Rep. Ted Poe)

by Texas GOP Rep. Ted Poe - 05/03/07 11:28 AM ET

This House, last night about 11:30 pm, authorized money for some absurd projects including the study of bison hunting on the Great Plains and the study of the sex lives of the Phayre’s Leaf Monkeys.

Meanwhile, our troops in Iraq are running out of money to fight the bad guys.

Why? Because some Members of Congress think they know more about conducting the War in Iraq than the Generals.

So, this Congressional Surrender Group refuses to send more money without also demanding a day the U.S. will retreat and quit the fight.

This Nation is at war with the people of Hate. Those ill-informed, ignorant Americans who are determined that we lose this conflict by keeping a tight fist on the war money have their priorities wrong.

Money for the study of monkey business, but no money for the Troops makes no sense. Money for our troops is more important than the sex lives of Phayre’s Leaf Monkeys and the study of bison on the Great Plains.

We need to work as late tonight to provide money for our Troops as we did last night to send money to the monkeys.

That’s Just the Way It Is.