Mrs. MYRICK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2
minutes to the gentleman from Texas
(Mr. PAUL).
(Mr. PAUL asked and was given permission
to revise and extend his remarks.)
1999 Ron Paul 48:1 Mr. PAUL.
Mr. Speaker, I thank the
gentlewoman for yielding me the time.
Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the
rule but in strong opposition to the
supplemental appropriation.
1999 Ron Paul 48:2 The President came to us and asked
us to fund the NATO war, asked for $7.9
billion, but we in the conservative Congress
have decided that not only would
we give it to him, but we would bump
that up to $15 billion, which does not
make a whole lot of sense, especially if
Congress has spoken out on what they
think of the war.
1999 Ron Paul 48:3 And Congress has. We have had several
votes already. We have voted and
said that we did not think that ground
troops should be sent in. And most
military people tell us that the only
way we are going to win the war is
with ground troops. So we have taken a
strong position. We have had a chance
to vote on declaration of war and make
a decision one way or the other. We
have strongly said we are not going to
declare war.
1999 Ron Paul 48:4 We have spoken out on the air war.
We did not even endorse the air war.
And the President has spent a lot of
money. They are hoping to get a lot of
this money back from the European
nations, but all that makes us are professional
mercenaries fighting wars for
other people, which I do not agree
with.
1999 Ron Paul 48:5 But here we are getting ready to fund
Europe, fund a war that is undeclared.
It does not make any sense. We are giving
more money to the President than
he asked for in a war that cannot be
won and a war that we are not even determined
to fight. It just does not
make any sense. So in order to get
enough votes to pass the bill, of course
we put a little bit of extras on there to
satisfy some special interests in order
to get some more votes.
1999 Ron Paul 48:6 But the real principle here today
that we are voting on is whether or not
we are going to fund an illegal, unconstitutional
war. It does not follow the
rules of our Constitution. It does not
follow the rules of the United Nations
Treaty. It does not follow the NATO
Treaty. And here we are just permitting
it, endorsing it but further funding
it. This does not make any sense.
1999 Ron Paul 48:7 We have to finally say, “enough is
enough.” This is how we get into trouble.
This is how we make mistakes.
And every day we hear of another mistake
and apologies being made, innocent
people dying. We should not vote
for this supplemental funding.
Notes:
1999 Ron Paul 48:1
Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time.
Here, Ron Paul thanks The Honorable Sue Myrick of North Carolina.
1999 Ron Paul 48:2
we in the conservative Congress Here, Ron Paul is being sarcastic.
