Stark Apologizes After Failed Censure Vote

Republicans failed in an effort Tuesday to have the House censure Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who said in a congressional speech last week that U.S. troops are being sent to Iraq "to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."

Without debate, the House voted 196-173 to kill the proposal to censure Stark for "his despicable conduct." The vote was mostly along party lines, with all 168 Republicans on hand supporting the measure offered by Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. Five Democrats joined them.

Stark, 75, stirred cries of protest Thursday during a debate over President Bush's veto of a $35 billion increase to a children's health insurance program. "You don't have money to fund the war or children," Stark said on the House floor. "But you're going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president's amusement."

Stark initially refused to apologize despite condemnations from GOP lawmakers and others. Moments after Tuesday's vote, however, he addressed the House to apologize to his colleagues, "to the president and his family," and to U.S. troops offended by his remarks.

"I hope that with this apology I will become as insignificant as I should be" in the continuing debates over Iraq and health care, he said. Boehner was among those who applauded.

When asked about Stark's apology during her afternoon briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Dana Perino said: "This is the first I've heard of it. If it's true that he's apologized, I think that's appropriate."

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Stark's remarks on Thursday were "inappropriate and distracted from the seriousness of the subject at hand."

[forthepeopl1]

to mud-a/s/s/, i would not even blink to take them all out the whole adminastration(mafia)

i would be saveing america

[mudrose-2009]

Posted by forthepeopl1

Stark is a dirtball with a big mouth. A lot of hot wind and no sail. It won''t be the first time he''s opened his big fat mouth and it won''t be the last. He is a disgraceful dolt that hasn''t any finess or speech or intellect. He came that close to being censured. Next time he steps out of line may be his last. As far as most of the people in his district are concerned, he''s a gonner.

[forthepeopl1]

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., who said in a congressional speech last week that U.S. troops are being sent to Iraq "to get their heads blown off for the president''s amusement."

HE IS AMERICAN HERO. NOT ONLY DID HE TELL THE TRUTH HE HAS MADE MOST AMERICANS HAPPY FOR WHAT HE SAID.

BOYER IS A BONER.

[mudrose-2009]

I will tell you to shut up & sit down before I knock your sorry azz down mudrose or is it liar
Posted by mocaleo

Go suck a pig. Stark is a pig.

[hwy71so]

Naw, let him keep yapping. He''ll lose his job over before long. Not from censorship, but from lack of support.

[mudrose-2009]

I think everyone should tell Stark to shad ap and sit down!

[gunnerv1]

The DREAM Act = Democrat Party ranks swelling beyond the bursting point with "Il"-legals and this is what they want because they know this.

[mudrose-2009]

What is less well known about the DREAM Act is that it also allows illegal aliens to receive in-state tuition rates at public universities, discriminating against U.S. citizens from out of state and law-abiding foreign students. It repeals a 1996 federal law that pro-hibits any state from offering in-state tuition rates to illegal aliens unless the state also offers in-state tuition rates to all U.S. citizens.

On its own, the DREAM Act never stood a chance of passing. Every scientific opinion poll on the subject has shown over 70 percent opposition to giving in-state tuition benefits to illegal aliens.

Not surprisingly, the DREAM Act languished in committee for five years after it was first introduced in 2001%u2014until the opportunity arose to hitch it to the Senate''s "comprehensive" immigration bills of 2006 and 2007.

[ioweign]

The Democrats are pushing the DREAM ACT a measure which they say is designed to allow school-aged kids to stay in the U.S. (amnesty) to attend college. The Heritage Foundation describes the bill, saying, "The bill purports to grant amnesty to individuals unlawfully in the United States who arrived before the age of 16. Publicized as a humanitarian measure for children, the bill would allow applicants to immediately receive conditional legal status, including eligibility for federal benefits like student loans." There ya go. Rep. Stark should give President Harry a clubbing for proposing this on the floor. Of course, it''''s always better to b/itch about funding the troops than it is to give illegal aliens taxpayer dollars for their education.

Posted by mudrose at 11:33 AM : Oct 24, 2007

The Dream Act has been around since @1996

HATCH INTRODUCES DREAM ACT

July 31st, 2003

"Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act" Aims to Make the American Dream a Reality for Many

Washington %u2013 Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced "The Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act," or "The DREAM Act," to remove barriers to education for many young immigrants in the United States. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) is the Democratic cosponsor of this measure.

[mudrose-2009]

The Democrats are pushing the DREAM ACT a measure which they say is designed to allow school-aged kids to stay in the U.S. (amnesty) to attend college. The Heritage Foundation describes the bill, saying, "The bill purports to grant amnesty to individuals unlawfully in the United States who arrived before the age of 16. Publicized as a humanitarian measure for children, the bill would allow applicants to immediately receive conditional legal status, including eligibility for federal benefits like student loans." There ya go. Rep. Stark should give President Harry a clubbing for proposing this on the floor. Of course, it''s always better to b/itch about funding the troops than it is to give illegal aliens taxpayer dollars for their education.