Rep. Edwards: GOP Tries to Derail Vets Funding with Drilling

Chairman Chet Edwards of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs denounces Republican attempts to derail critical military and veterans funding in order to try and pass drilling legislation that would do nothing to help with gas prices. Rep. Edwards reads the urgings of the veterans organizations not to meddle with the legislation in such ways on the floor, prompting boos from Republican Members.

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[dayglowgreendoor]

It's always repugnant to see the selling out of the country by the privileged elite who run corporate ameriCa.

[SpitfireOFatj]

Republicans blocked legislation to close the Enron Loophole and to force oil companies to drill in areas they already have available because they want to blame high prices on the environmentalists. This is an effort to turn the public against the environmentalists and defeat the oil companies main political opposition, not to lower prices at the pump.

[DOGCATBULL]

SELF SERVING

[Lyriapersiana]

Racist bigotry has nothing to do with this video. Please leave this juvenile behavior in the hands od Rush Limbaugh. He does it VERY well. Also, please do not attempt to warp religion to fit your own narrow minded view, as so many religious zealots and extremists have done that has only led to more slaughter and not solutions.

[filipeflower]

If you are so concerned about this matter, then why did you waste your tempo (time) trying to corner people who don't like 'Metal Gear Solid: the Twin Snakes'? A mature person who's more than 30 years old shouldn't be like that. If you ever have children in the future, what will your children think about you when they discover that their father was a hypocritical InterNet bully? You will obviously try to defend your image, that's what. But instead, you could become a good example for them.

[rakrobn]

But it is IRRELEVANT who the quote came from, because it is the idea of the actual quote Repugnants were actually booing. They shut their trap after finding out the quote was from the Veterans of Foreign Affairs.

[rakrobn]

Funny how Republicans were caught booing a comment made by the Veterans of Foreign Affairs. It tells you what Republicans REALLY think about our military when the interests of big oil are more important than our men and women in uniform. What's even more stupid is that a majority of men and women in uniform elect these Republican clowns everytime. There is no longer a conservative Republican party. The party has been hijacked by neocons and evangelical hypocrites.

[widgetbrain]

alternate title : The soulless sellout bought out BIG OIL shills on the RIGHT just cant help themselves.

[offsprng46]

Dear Speaker Pelosi,

Please hold the Republicans to account on this issue. Please show the voters who the Republicans really represent.

Thanks.

P.S. Hold Rove in contempt, and get the ball rolling on impeachment. After the last seven years, is it really that hard to believe that Bush may try any number of totalitarian tactics to stay in power if they fail at throwing the election to McCain? You do know that Bush and Cheney believe they're above the law, right?

[FilipeBrasAlmeida]

Kucinich is roughly a democratic socialist and Ron Paul is an anarco-capitalist.