Honorable John Boehner
United States Representative, Ohio, Republican
Representative Boehner was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in November 1990. He serves as the House Minority Leader. The following is excerpted from the February 14–16, 2007, House floor debate on H. Con. Res. 63, the Iraq War Resolution. Today we begin an extendeddebate on a resolution criticizing the latest effort by American forces to winin Iraq. There is no question that the war in Iraq has beendifficult. All Americans are frustrated that we haven’t seen more success andthat we haven’t seen it more quickly. But war is never easy and almost never goes according…
