Austin Scott: “I rise as one who voted for this supplemental last week because of our troops. Our troops need this help. We made the…”

“I rise as one who voted for this supplemental last week because of our troops. Our troops need this help. We made the decision to send them into harm's way. They need the bulletproof vests to save their lives. That is in this request. They need the hydration systems to purify their water, so many of them are having dysentery from the water over there not being purified. There is so much, so we cannot turn our backs on our troops. But we have a dilemma. The American people have a dilemma. The American people are asking some questions of this administration and each and every one of us up here, Democrat and Republican, and that is this question: Where is the accountability for this money, these funds, to build Iraq? I wish we could have set aside, and I worked hard to see if we could, the money for our troops, the $67 billion, because that is another question. I do not think there is anybody in this House that would not vote to help our troops. But this House is in a convoluted state, just like this whole country is in a convoluted state, because there is a lack of accountability on this administration and this President for the monies that go to rebuild Iraq. There are serious questions. If we do not raise those questions, if we do not answer those questions, it is not going to be so easy to come back and get money the next time, because the American people, I am here to tell you, have had it about up to here.…”