Brian Jones: “Thank you very much. I am back on the floor again to talk about the failed policy in Afghanistan. This poster beside me…”

“Thank you very much. I am back on the floor again to talk about the failed policy in Afghanistan. This poster beside me, Mr. Speaker, is a cartoon that I got from the paper, and it says, ``CIA ATM.'' Mr. Speaker, 2 weeks ago, The New York Times broke an article, a story that the CIA, over the last 10 years, has been giving hundreds of millions of dollars to Karzai, and I want to quote what Karzai said in that article. Karzai said he was assured that the CIA would continue delivering bags of cash--bags of cash-- going to Karzai, the corrupt leader, in Afghanistan. Mr. Speaker, what really makes this cartoon sad is in the background is an American soldier, and what he is thinking as Karzai is taking his cash money away from the CIA ATM machine, the solder is thinking, ``I'd like to make a quick withdrawal from here.'' I hope that during the debate in July on the appropriations bill dealing with the Defense Department that we will start passing amendments that say we need to stop this out-of-control spending in Afghanistan with very little accountability. I am one that agrees with my party and some of the Democrats that we need to hold hearings on Benghazi and the Internal Revenue Service. But I have written to the leadership of the Armed Services Committee and the subcommittee chairmen asking for a hearing on this out-of-control waste in Afghanistan.…”