Brian Jones: “Thank you, Madam Speaker. You know, Madam Speaker, it is so ironic that the American people are hurting in many, many…”

“Thank you, Madam Speaker. You know, Madam Speaker, it is so ironic that the American people are hurting in many, many ways, including those in my district from Hurricane Irene which did damage all of the way up to Vermont, the fires in Texas, and tornadoes, and yet we can't come together as two different parties to find agreement to increase the funding for FEMA so they can help victims of these disasters, and yet we can find $10 billion a month to send to a corrupt leader in Afghanistan so that he can wear his robes and his caps and American kids can die and lose their legs and arms. I do not understand why this Congress and the President of the United States do not understand that it's time to bring our troops home. {time} 1010 The American people are hurting in many, many ways, and the folly of the last day here in Washington where we cannot come together to increase the funding for FEMA is absolutely unacceptable-- unacceptable--to the people of this country. I was listening to C-SPAN coming in today, and it was just really somewhat ironic that the people are so angry with Congress, both parties actually, and cannot figure out why we are not doing what's necessary to fix the economy and create jobs to fix the infrastructure that my friend from Oregon just talked about. Oh, yes, but we can still find $10 billion a month for Mr. Karzai. Let's fix his roads in Afghanistan. Let's train his people to be troops and policemen.…”