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Washington DC Office:
2263 Rayburn Building
Washington, DC 20515
Ph.: 202-225-5161
Fax: 202-225-5163
District Offices:
Marin Office:
1050 Northgate Drive
Suite 354
San Rafael, CA. 94903
Ph.: 415-507-9554
Fax: 415-507-9601
Sonoma Office:
1101 College Avenue
Suite 200
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Ph.: 707-542-7182
Fax: 707-542-2745
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Legislation & Issues
Below are links to the bills written, introduced and cosponsored by Lynn in the 111th Congress. You may click on the bill number to find the actual status and summary of each legislation.
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| LEADING THE EFFORT IN CONGRESS TO END THE OCCUPATION
It’s been six years since the U.S. first invaded Iraq, and the subsequent devastation to the United States and Iraq has been tremendous. As a direct result of this occupation, over 4,200 American soldiers have lost their lives, more than 30,000 others have been gravely wounded, four million Iraqis have become refugees, and tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians have been killed. The economic cost of this occupation to our country has been staggering – over $653 billion spent in the first five years, with no end in sight to this profligate waste. Despite these massive expenditures, this occupation has failed to protect America from the threat of international terrorism. Enough is enough.
As the Co-Founder of the Congressional Out of Iraq Caucus, and the Co-Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, I have led the charge in Congress to end the war in Iraq since the very beginning. I introduced the first legislation calling on the President to bring the troops home - H. Con. Res. 35, and convened informal hearings to discuss strategies for U.S. military disengagement from Iraq, a first in Congress. These hearings helped break the silence on Capitol Hill over Iraq and facilitated the broader, ongoing public discussion about U.S. military disengagement from Iraq which we’ve seen in recent years.
In recent years I have led the fight to support of our men and women in uniform by funding their redeployment from Iraq instead of its continued occupation. I led 91 of my colleagues in letting then President Bush know that we would only support funding that would be used to redeploy US troops and military contractors, and worked closely with the Democratic Leadership to try to improve subsequent Iraq funding bills. To this day, I have never voted for legislation that would continue the occupation of Iraq without a clear timeline for our redeployment, and I never will.
As the occupation of Iraq enters its sixth year I am more optimistic than ever that we are closer to bringing this tragedy to an end. I look forward to working with President Obama and his administration to live up to its commitment of bringing all of our troops and military contractors home by 2010. I will also continue to support diplomatic and humanitarian initiatives which will finally help stabilize the country and benefit its people.
Finally, I will continue to stand with the brave men and women in our armed forces. These men and women have done everything that has been asked of them, and they have done so with honor. As they return home to their families we must continue to stand with them and provide the kind of physical and mental health care access, and job and educational assistance that they have so rightly earned.
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