Pelosi: Colossal Cost of Iraq War Grows Every Day

Nancy Pelosi

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on President Bush's request for an additional $42 billion from Congress for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bring the total request to $189 billion:

"Demanding nearly $200 billion for Iraq while vetoing health care for 10 million children exemplifies the Bush Administration's misplaced priorities. On key issues -- from the Iraq war to children's health insurance -- the President continues to oppose the will of the American people and obstructs the New Direction Congress' bipartisan agenda.

"For the cost of less than 40 days in Iraq, we could provide health care coverage to 10 million children for an entire year.

"The colossal cost of this war grows every day -- in lives lost, dollars spent, and to our reputation around the world. The American people long ago rejected the President's planned 10-year occupation of Iraq and want the Administration to provide a concrete plan to bring our troops home.

"The choice is between a Democratic plan for responsible redeployment of our troops and the President's plan to spend another trillion dollars for a 10-year war in Iraq. We must end this war."

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Office of the Speaker of the House