John Garamendi: “I find it difficult that our esteemed Appropriations Committee, which watches the taxpayers' money with such ardor and…”

“I find it difficult that our esteemed Appropriations Committee, which watches the taxpayers' money with such ardor and intensity, would increase by 51 percent the amount of support that the American taxpayers are giving to the Afghan National Security Forces-- the police, which are among--no, excuse me--they are the most corrupt-- and the army, which is questionable, and certainly the government, which we know to be the most corrupt in the world--that it would simply write $2.6 billion more money than we were giving them last year, for a total of $7.6 billion, for something--something--unspecified. We would never do this for our own military. Never would we do that. We would have them lay out how they were going to spend the money before we would even consider giving them the money, and then we would hold them to tight account. I cannot understand why we would do this. There is no justification other than, oh, we're leaving, and we've got to help them, so throw some more money at them. They already have been appropriated $52 billion, and only $40 billion of that has been spent. There is $12 billion left in the account, and you're going to add $7.6 billion to that. What are you doing? What justification is there for this other than, oh, they may need it because we're leaving? They're going to use it for--let's see--other things--well, maybe for some field hospitals, maybe for some airplanes, maybe for some supplies--maybe, maybe, maybe--but there is nothing written.…”