Dana Rohrabacher: “But $18.6 billion of this supplemental is going for a reconstruction plan that will be in the form of grants, of gifts…”

“But $18.6 billion of this supplemental is going for a reconstruction plan that will be in the form of grants, of gifts that will never be repaid to the people of the United States. I will be offering an amendment that will make this $18.6 billion in reconstruction come in the form of loans that will be repaid. That will be ruled out of order. And when it is, I will offer a second amendment, immediately, which will cut $18.6 billion from the supplemental package. This $18.6 billion will be cut specifically from reconstruction. If my second amendment passes, the administration will quickly return to us with a proposal for $18.6 billion to be in the form of a loan. I would ask my colleagues to join me in saying if we are going to give $18.6 billion to oil rich Iraq, let us get a repayment. Let us make sure our people do not have to bear this burden and our children repay that debt.”