Honorable Ike Skelton
United States Representative, Missouri, Democrat
Representative Skelton was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1976. He serves as chair of the Armed Services Committee. The following is excerpted from the February 14–16, 2007, House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 63, the Iraq War Resolution. I speak today with a heavyheart. I am deeply saddened as I take the floor this afternoon — saddenedbecause we find ourselves embroiled in a conflict in Iraq, a conflict that is involvedwith insurgents that we failed to acknowledge or recognize, a conflict that isoverlaid by sectarian violence between the Shiite Muslims on the one hand…
