Bill Delahunt: “I am not really delivering a positive message. What I am is expressing a concern about the lack of oversight and the…”

“I am not really delivering a positive message. What I am is expressing a concern about the lack of oversight and the lack of accountability or calling to account the actions of this administration by this Republican Congress. We have a right to know. It is a debt that is owed us. It is a debt of blood and hundreds of billions of dollars, Mr. Speaker. There is a long list of emerging relationships and agreements between these two countries. Iran and Iraq just recently signed a memorandum of understanding, under which pipelines would be constructed to allow Iran to import Iraqi crude oil from Basra. Under the agreement, Iran is to finance the three pipelines that will be built to implement the agreement. Again, this is from a report from the Congressional Research Service dated June 14, 2006. That is before the famous handshake. To say or suggest that things are going well in Afghanistan, Mr. Speaker, is a disconnect from reality, and the American people deserve the absolute, full truth as to what the reality is.”