On the recordMay 26, 2011
I can't believe what a stupid amendment this is because of the message it sends. The majority party whacked the hell out of the Peace Corps in your H.R. 1, and now you want to whack the heck out of the Institute of Peace. What message are you sending to the world? We can't put a price tag on peace. But we certainly can put a price tag on war. Try $6.7 billion. That's what we spend every month in Afghanistan. That amounts to $260 million a day. What a misguided amendment before us. To eliminate the Institute of Peace only spends the equivalent of 5 hours, 5 hours in Afghanistan. Come on. You are surrounded by peace givers in this room. Look at the law givers. They are not warriors; they are people that tried to make peace. You are not going to win the war in Afghanistan militarily. You are going to win it through peace.
