Rand Paul: “reserving the right to object, as we speak, the Taliban is regaining control, has control over most of Afghanistan, is…”

“reserving the right to object, as we speak, the Taliban is regaining control, has control over most of Afghanistan, is brutalizing women, kicking women out of school. Women will no longer be participating in the government. It is really just unconscionable that Democrats insist that money be there to give to the Taliban. Any person who believes and truly believes that the Taliban is a menace to women's rights and to women in a civilized world should join me in saying: We should make sure that no money ever goes to the Taliban. When Secretary Blinken was asked about this, he said that if there is cooperation and if they meet expectations, the $6 billion--and some say up to $10 billion--available for the previous government will be given to the Taliban, who violently overthrew this government. We are asking something very simple. We could fund Iron Dome today. Make sure that everybody who listens to this understands. This is being blocked by Democrats who don't want to pay for it. We have a proposal that would have proposed $1 billion today for Iron Dome, but it would have been paid for by taking money out of an account that has been allocated and that Secretary Blinken has indicated he will give to the Taliban if they behave. So I think it is a real problem, and it is a problem of this body that the cavalier nature of just letting our country pile on $30 trillion of debt. You ask how we got here. We got here $1 billion at a time.…”