Democratic Members of the House of Representatives Hold a News Conference to Introduce the American Parity Act of 2005

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Democratic Members of the House of Representatives Hold a News Conference to Introduce the American Parity Act of 2005

HOUSE DEMOCRATS HOLD A NEWS CONFERENCE TO INTRODUCE THE AMERICAN PARITY ACT OF 2005

OCTOBER 20, 2005

SPEAKERS: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RAHM EMANUEL (D-IL)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM DELAHUNT (D-MA)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE PETER DEFAZIO (D-OR)

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE TIMOTHY BISHOP (D-NY) U.S. REPRESENTATIVE BOB ETHERIDGE (D-NC)

[*] EMANUEL: I want to thank everybody for being here. I want to thank my colleagues, Congressman DeFazio, Delahunt, and my good friend Bobby Etheridge.

We're here reintroducing the American Parity Act. It says that for every dollar we spend in Iraq, a similar dollar should be spent here at home in the United States.

I want to show you something. This is the Mosul Dam. It received more than $20 million in Iraq reconstruction. A...

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