update Oct 15th: just found official transcript.

Matt Stoller passes along Ohio Countdown's notice of Rep Tim Ryan addressing the Rangel bill (HR 163) on the draft. Since the Congressional Record doesn't yet have Ryan's remarks (update: and it probably won't, but see above), as the Oct 5th Extension of Remarks is not yet available, I'll just post my own transcript here. Please be advised that the video has a cut in it, and I was unable to find any uncut clip or remark.

An mp3 was made of the video stream, as well. I highly recommend watching it or at least listening to it; the passion is in the delivery as much as the words.

I take all responsiblity for any transcription errors, if any.

Transcript:

I thank the gentleman.

I rise in opposition of this bill, but I would like to clarify something. We're not trying to scare kids; this President's foreign policy is what's scaring the kids of this country. And people have said today "why are people believing this? Why are people believing this big internet hoax? Well,"

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{...} told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11, same people that told us Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, same people that told us that we are going to be able to use the oil for reconstruction money, same people that told us we would be greeted as liberators, not occupiers, same people, same President that told us the Taliban is gone, same President that told us that Poland is our ally two days before they pull out, same President that tells us that Iraq is going just great, same President that tells us the economy is going just great, same people that told us the tax cut was going to create millions of jobs. Same people that told us that the Medicare program only cost 400 billion dollars when it really cost 540 billion dollars.

So please forgive us for not believe us for not believing what you're saying. Please forgive the students of this country for not believing what you're saying. Not one thing; not one thing about this war that has been told to the American people or that has been told to these college students has been true. Not one thing. Bremer says we need more more troops. The Pentagon says we need more more troops. And this President can't get them from the international community. There's only one option left; let's be honest with the American people.

I yield back the balance of my time.