Brian Jones

Yesterday, Dennis Kucinich, Ron Paul, and I, along with other colleagues, held a press conference to announce House Concurrent Resolution 28, which would require the President to withdraw all United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan by…

In my opinion, any future Defense Secretary who advises the President to again send a big American land army into Asia or into the Middle East or Africa should `have his head examined,' as General MacArthur so delicately put it years ago…

In closing, I must say this is an east coast issue. That's why you have Mr. Pallone and Mr. Frank and myself speaking. And with that, the fishermen on the east coast need fairness from their government, and this amendment will help give…

My answer to that would be that I would hope that this would prove to be true. But the problem is we always know that when you have got a dysfunctional government, you have got a dishonest man, it might be intended to go this way, but too…

This amendment removes the new $400 million Afghan Infrastructure Fund and it would be returned to the spending reduction account. I bring this amendment to the floor because of the frustration of the American people. Here we are trying to…

I would say if I thought Karzai was an honest man that would appreciate the American taxpayers' money, I would feel differently, quite frankly. But I realize it is a corrupt government. I wish that what you say was so. And I trust you. I…

I regret and will always regret that I was too weak to vote my conscience when we had the Patriot Act up the first time. I did not feel good about it. As a non-attorney and as an American who loves the Constitution and who believes in the…

I hope tomorrow night when the President gives the State of the Union, that he will stay to and keep his word when he said he will start bringing our troops home in July of 2011. The reason I am somewhat concerned, there have been leaders…

Last night I stood here and spoke about my experience visiting Bethesda Naval Hospital and seeing the broken bodies of our country's young men and women. After that visit, I was very pleased to see an article this morning about Grover…

Today I had the honor and privilege of visiting the wounded warriors at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Each one of the young men I saw, the oldest being 23, is very special, as are all of our men and women in uniform. The medical staff at both…

Today, I have a photograph of Tyler Jordan, whose father, Phillip, was a marine gunnery sergeant killed in Iraq. I saw this photograph about 5 years ago in a national paper, and I felt that I needed to have this photograph for myself to be…

The war in Afghanistan continues to prove to be an impossible task. Enough is enough. America is spending $7 billion a month on the war. To break it down further, that is approximately $233 million a day on the war, with no end to it at…

This past Tuesday I came to the floor to talk about the corruption in Afghanistan and the growing concern of the American people due to the fact that many in both parties have said we need to stay there 4 more years, including the…

I have to my side the faces of marines who have given their lives for this country. They are from Camp Lejeune, which is in the district I represent. These are the faces of those young men and women who gave their lives for this country. I…

This past Saturday, the 27th of November, Fox News aired a story about the Lee family and Lex, the wounded military working dog that was adopted by the Lee family. Corporal Dustin Lee was Lex's handler and the Lees' son. A rocket-propelled…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of House Resolution 1605, as amended, recognizing the service of the military medical and aircrews who help our wounded warriors return home quickly and safely and commending the members of the Air Force for…

This legislation asks the House to support this designation of September as Blood Cancer Awareness Month. This resolution will enhance the understanding of blood-related cancers. Researchers have recently made important advancements in…

For 10 years the House of Representatives, under the leadership of Duncan Hunter and Ike Skelton, have brought to the floor of the House in our Armed Services bill language to honor and respect the Marine Corps by changing the name of the…

I will regret to the day I go to my grave that I voted to give President Bush the authority to go into Iraq. We did not meet our responsibilities. We passed some little resolution, and I voted for it. We trusted the President to not go to…

Back in May, I had the privilege of visiting Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in my district for a special program put on by Sesame Street and the USO. The Sesame Street-USO experience for military families is a wonderful program aimed at…

I have a poster beside me of a handsome couple. It's Marine Sergeant Tom Bagosy and his wife, Katie. I would like to read from an article: ``Marine Sgt. Tom Bagosy stepped out of his black GMC Sierra pickup and onto the gray speckled…

Tonight I would like to bring up the issue of Afghanistan. This weekend in the Raleigh News and Observer, they published 20 names of our men and women who have given their lives for this country. As most of you know, I have written over…

On July 8, I had the privilege of visiting the American Kennel Club in Raleigh, North Carolina, where care packages were being prepared to be sent to our K-9 units overseas. The effort is called Project 7-4. Project 7-4 is an effort to…

When we were debating the issue of Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago, during the 3 minutes of time that I had, I brought up the issue of rules of engagement. These are the rules that our men and women in uniform in Afghanistan and Iraq…

I would like to start my comments out with an editorial from the Pensacola News Journal, dated June 25: ``Is Afghanistan worth it?'' ``It isn't often that conservative columnist George Will and liberal columnist Thomas Friedman are on the…