Press Releases
Brendan Daly/Nadeam Elshami
202-226-7616
10/22/2007
Pelosi: ‘Colossal Cost of Iraq War Grows Every Day’
Washington, D.C. -- 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, bringing the total request to
$189 billion:
"Demanding nearly $200 billion for
"For the cost of less than 40 days in
"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
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