Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
04/10/2007
Pelosi and Reid Renew Call for President to Work With Congress on Changing Course in Iraq
Washington, D.C – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement, renewing their call for the President to work with Congress to ensure our troops receive the support they need, including a strategy for success:
“The American people want the President and the Congress to work together to bring a responsible end to the war in
“With his threat to veto such a plan for change in
“The President is demanding that we renew his blank check for a war without end. Despite the fact that the President persists in trying to score political points at the expense of our troops, congressional Democrats have repeatedly reached out in the spirit of cooperation. We renew our request to work with him to produce a bipartisan bill that provides our troops and our veterans with every penny they need, but in turn, demands accountability.”