United for Peace and Justice Rally

January 27th, 2007

Thank you for gathering here today to remind Congress and the Administration that they need to listen to the American people.

This administration took the country into war on a fraudulent basis, with the President insisting we had no other option. Now, four years into the war, we are still in Iraq, and the President insists that we have no other option but to stay. As long as this President goes unchecked by the Congress, our troops will remain needlessly at risk, and our national security will be compromised. For the sake of our troops, and for our national security, Congress should use the power of the purse to end funding for the war and safely redeploy our troops from Iraq.

On Tuesday, January 30^th, I will be holding a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee to remind our colleagues and the public that Congress holds the power of the purse. I also plan to introduce legislation to use that power to force the President to safely redeploy our troops.

Congress needs to act on the will of the American people by ending our involvement in the Iraq war.