O’Neill blasts LaTourette for ‘cowardly inaction’
on supplemental funding bill for troopss
SOUTH RUSSELL, Ohio (May 15, 2008) - Democratic candidate for Congress Bill O'Neill, who earned a Bronze Star for his service in Vietnam and whose son served America in Afghanistan and Iraq, blasted Rep. Steve LaTourette for voting “present” on an emergency supplemental funding bill for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“At a time when Americans should be applauding the bravery of our troops, we deserve far more than cowardly inaction from our congressman,” O’Neill said. “Say what you will about all the many and varied positions Steve LaTourette has taken on this war, but at least he took a side, even if it was often the wrong one.
“This refusal to take a stand shows just how much Washington really has changed him in the last 14 years. Our troops putting their lives on the line for this country and the people of Northeast Ohio deserve an up or down vote, sir.”
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