Brian Jones

Like all Members of Congress during the Memorial week break, I had two occasions to give different types of recognition speeches to the families of those who gave loved ones who never came back from war; so therefore I had several…

I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their words today, and I'll take just a few minutes. Mr. Speaker, as has been said by both, this is a plan to maintain and protect a part of North Carolina's history. As Mr. Wittman…

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…

13 years ago, on April 8, 2000, 19 marines lost their lives in a tragic plane crash at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona. The Marine Corps attributed partial blame for the crash to error on the part of the pilot, Lieutenant Colonel John…

Like most Members of Congress, I was home last week and did two or three different civic clubs. Everywhere I went, when I said it's time to get our troops out of Afghanistan, save lives of our American soldiers, and save money, I would get…

The Marine Corps Association was founded on April 25, 1913, in Guantanamo, Cuba, by marines of the 2nd Provisional Brigade. John A. Lejeune, then a lieutenant colonel, headed the Marine Corps Association's first executive committee. In a…

When I was home, like most Members, during the Easter break, I had the opportunity to read in the Raleigh, North Carolina, paper an article that just really took me backwards. The title of the article is: ``Iran Is Victor in Post-War…

On April 8, which was 2 days ago, 13 years ago, 19 marines crashed and burned in Marana, Arizona. It was a very tragic time. The Osprey, Mr. Speaker, is the plane that goes from a helicopter mode to a plane mode. At the time of the…

This week is the 10th anniversary of the unnecessary war in Iraq. I urge my fellow Members and the American public to watch MSNBC's documentary, ``Hubris: The Selling of the Iraq War,'' on Friday night of this week at 9 o'clock. The…

I come to the floor quite often to remind the Congress that we're still at war. In fact, yesterday we had seven Americans killed in Afghanistan. This year alone, we've had three situations where the Afghans that we were training turned…

Thank you very much. Like most of my colleagues last week when we were home, I took as many opportunities as possible to speak at civic clubs, meet with groups of people, and talk about a range of issues. But I also always brought up the…

This past Sunday when I turned 70 years of age, I read in the North Carolina paper, known as the News and Observer, the article that I would like to quote: More than 100 family members, friends and uniformed servicemembers marched slowly…

Thank you very much. I want to thank President Obama for his nomination of Chuck Hagel to be Secretary of Defense. While we were home last week, I had the opportunity to watch the Senate confirmation hearing, and I was dismayed by the way…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia. I came here in 1995 with Newt Gingrich--at that time, the largest class, until this last one. I had served in the North Carolina House of Representatives for 10 years. I thought I knew a little something…

In this very chaotic time for the House of Representatives and for the American people, we need to remain focused on the fact that our young men and women are still dying in Afghanistan. Our involvement in Afghanistan has become a confused…

I find it so ironic that our Nation is on the cliff of collapse and yet we continue to borrow money from China to prop up a corrupt leader in Afghanistan. Our country is in the most dire of fiscal straits, and we continue to send money to…

Today, the House of Representatives will be voting on H.R. 6429, the STEM Jobs Act. This bill would terminate the visa lottery program (diversity immigrant program) and allocate those visas to foreign graduates in the fields of STEM…

Yesterday in the Republican Conference, I acknowledged that five marines and one soldier from my district, the Third District of North Carolina, had been killed in Afghanistan by the Afghans they were training. This, to me, just does not…

This afternoon, a group of Members from both parties are going to meet together to discuss the possible legislative options to start a process of bringing our troops home from Afghanistan in 2013. Yesterday I was on the floor speaking…

While we were home for the district work period in October, 18 American troops died in Afghanistan. In my home county of Pitt in North Carolina, Army Specialist Joshua Nelson was killed by the very Afghans he was sent to train. He is just…

Today I had the privilege and honor to visit Walter Reed Hospital to say thank you to our wounded from Afghanistan and Iraq, and I saw those who have lost both arms and legs. It's just so sad to go there. That brings me today to the floor…

First, I join the American people and the Members of Congress in extending my deepest sympathy to the families of the four Americans killed yesterday in Libya. It was such a tragedy. Mr. Speaker, there's another tragedy. It's called…

Yesterday was a remembrance of a tragedy beyond belief that happened to America on 9/11. There's another tragedy taking place, but it happens to be in Afghanistan. The tragedy is our young men and women are going there to give their life…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Brady. I want to thank you all for bringing this bill back to the floor of the House. This came to my attention--I would not have had any idea that if a candidate or an incumbent running as a…

Again, I try to get to the floor once a week to talk about our failed policy in Afghanistan. Last Thursday, an article in Politico reminded us of the difficulty of trying to change a culture like Afghanistan. It is nearly impossible. For…