Brian Jones: “I am still very disappointed that during the debate of the National Defense Authorization Act that Mr. McGovern and I…”

“I am still very disappointed that during the debate of the National Defense Authorization Act that Mr. McGovern and I myself had an amendment, known as the McGovern-Jones amendment, and all it did, Mr. Speaker, was set the parameters and the benchmark for bringing our troops home after 2014. The amendment basically said that if you're not bringing the troops out by 2014, then any continuation of those troops would have to be voted on by the Congress. I'm always very disappointed that the Congress does not meet its constitutional responsibility when it comes to war. Mr. Speaker, because of my disappointment and my continued support of bring our troops home, I will read the names of nine servicepeople given by the Department of Defense who were reported in the Raleigh, North Carolina, paper, The News & Observer: Hospitalman Eric D. Warren Private First Class Cale C. Miller Corporal Keaton G. Coffey Petty Officer First Class Ryan J. Wilson Second Lieutenant Travis A. Morgado Specialist Arronn D. Fields Sergeant Michael J. Knapp Sergeant Jabraun S. Knox Specialist Samuel T. Watts. Mr. Speaker, we are continuing to spend money that we do not have. Every day our debt goes up. Every day we borrow money from foreign governments, and yet we will not bring our troops home from Afghanistan. It's kind of ironic that the administration has signed a security agreement that will continue a financial relationship with Afghanistan after our troops come home in 2014.…”