Thursday, May 24, 2007
Dear Roscoe Bartlett
Roscoe Bartlett
2412 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D.C.
20515-2006
Dear Roscoe Bartlett –
I’m writing this letter in regards to comments you made shortly after your historic vote last March against the continued funding of our troops in Iraq.
You stated that you were against a time table for withdrawal. Wouldn’t you agree that our military has already accomplished everything they were asked to do? They have:
- Ensured that Iraq is free of weapons of mass destruction.
- Removed Saddam Hussein from power.
- Allowed Iraq to become a democratic and free country.
Our troops have successfully done their job. Now it’s time for you to do yours. You need to work towards bringing them home. Their mission has been accomplished.
You stated back in March that another reason you voted NO was because one-fifth of the spending bill was pork. Expenditures unrelated to our national defense. As though the continued occupation of Iraq has anything to do with the defense of our nation. Now that the Democrats have caved and removed any type of timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, voting YES on the supplemental spending bill should be fairly easy for you to do - unless you really are a fiscal conservative. All that pork is still firmly attached to the bill.
Rick Rottman
Hagerstown, Maryland
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