Senator Robert C. Byrd - Speeches and Writings on the Iraq War

West Virginia's honorable Senator Byrd is the longest-serving member of the United States Congress, having entered the House of representatives in 1953 and the Senate in 1959. He has served our country for over 50 years - through ten presidencies and numerous moments of national crises. We would do well to heed the wisdom of our elders, who have had the benefit of learning from history first-hand.

This is an extensive archive of virtually ALL of his Senate speeches on the Iraq war. Those from February 12, 2003, May 21, 2003 and October 17, 2003 may be worth reading first!

• May 1, 2007 - Senator Byrd: President Rejects Plan for Peace in Iraq
• February 17, 2007 - Senator Byrd: Stop Holding the Senate Hostage - Debate the Escalation of the War
• February 01, 2007 - Senator Byrd to Push for Conclusion to Iraq War Resolution - Senator Says Time to Restore War Powers to Congress
• January 24, 2007 - Senator Byrd Presses President to Seek Congress OK Before War With Iran
• January 11, 2007 - Senator Byrd: Clock Is Running on Misadventure in Iraq - White House Plan Heads in the Wrong Direction
• January 09, 2007 - Senator Byrd Says "Surge" Is Headed for Failure
• September 13, 2006 - Senator Byrd Calls for Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld to Resign
• February 15, 2006 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Seeking the Truth on Spying on Americans at Home
• December 19, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: No President Is Above the Law
• November 18, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: A Job Well Done: Start to Come Home
• November 10, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: A Tribute to America's Veterans
• October 06, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Byrd to White House: Level with the People
• October 05, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Byrd Presses Administration to Budget for Cost of Wars
• September 13, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Byrd Issues Call for Debate on National Priorities
• June 27, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Taking Care of America's Veterans
• February 02, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Respecting the Spirit and Letter of the Law: The Nomination of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General
• January 25, 2005 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Standing for the Founding Principles of the Republic: Voting No on the Nomination of Dr. Rice as Secretary of State
• November 19, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: A Thanksgiving Prayer at a Time of War
• September 21, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Bush White House Still Has No Plan in Iraq
• *** July 1, 2004 - Senator Byrd's LATEST BOOK: Losing America: Confronting a Reckless and Arrogant Presidency
• June 24, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Finding a True Path to Peace in the Middle East
• April 29, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Mission Not Accomplished in Iraq
• April 21, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: President Owes America Answers on Iraq
• April 7, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: An Exit Door from Iraq
• March 3, 2004 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: America Needs a Truly Independent Commission to Investigate Manipulation of War Intelligence
• November 3, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: A High Price for a Hollow Victory
• *** October 17, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Emperor Has No Clothes
• October 16, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Get the U.S. Out, and the U.N. In
• October 15, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Follow the Money in Iraq
• October 01, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Fundamental Flaws in the Bush Plan for Iraq
• September 29, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Putting the President's $87 Billion for Iraq in Context
• September 17, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Losing Dollars and Sense in Iraq
• September 5, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Growing Cost of America's International Arrogance
• September 2, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: We Need Relief for American Troops in Iraq
• July 17, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Budgeting for the Long-Term Occupation of Iraq
• July 15, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The National Guard:ÝAlways Ready, But Over There
• July 10, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: A Call for International Assistance, Not Isolation
• June 24, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Road to Coverup Is the Road to Ruin
• June 5, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Preception of Deception:Ý Where Are the Iraqi Weapons?
• *** May 21, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Truth Will Emerge
• April 11, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Protecting the Constitutional Authorities of Congress
• April 9, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: In the Hope for the Safe Return of Missing Soldiers
• April 2, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Opening Remarks -- War Funding Supplemental Bill
• March 20, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Called to Battle:Ý Words in Support of American Troops
• March 19, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The Arrogance of Power
• March 18, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: Budget for the Cost of War
• March 13, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: The High Price of Reconstructing Iraq
• March 11, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: America the Peacemaker Becomes America the Warmonger
• *** February 12, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor:
  On the Silence of Congress [excerpts]
  On the Silence of Congress [full text]
• February 11, 2003 - Remarks on the Senate Floor: America Unguarded