Forbes Statement on Emergency War Supplemental Vote

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Forbes Statement on Emergency War Supplemental Vote

Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) released the following statement after his vote today on the Troop Supplemental and Veterans and Unemployment Benefits:

"I am not going to play politics when it comes to funding our troops who are fighting over in Iraq. I voted for troop funding because it is my responsibility to see that our troops get the funding they need, first and foremost. However, I could not support increasing discretionary spending and other entitlements in the same bill after it became clear that no funding was approved for our men and women in uniform. While foreign aid programs, unemployment benefits, and GI bill improvements all deserve serious consideration in this Congress, it is unthinkable to include them in a war supplemental that doesn't even fund our troops."

In a House Armed Services Committee markup of the annual defense policy bill yesterday, Forbes offered an amendment calling on Congress to pass an emergency war supplemental as soon as possible. That amendment was not adopted.

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