Neil Abercrombie: “Because the question arose in several contexts, including questions and observations made by the gentleman from…”

“Because the question arose in several contexts, including questions and observations made by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) and others on the Republican side of the committee. We try very hard in that committee to work together as Americans to try to come to these conclusions. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Weldon) raised the issue of Iran. Other issues were raised with regard to Iran and Syria with the border police. The best that I can discern out of all of this is that somehow this war was to prevent this from taking place, that is to say, the increased terrorist activities to the degree it can be associated with reference to Syria or Iran, but I was unable to get out of his answers anything that would indicate how could we deal with it.”