Bill Delahunt: “Just stop for one moment. The war in Afghanistan and Iraq has been going on for years. Every day we pick up a newspaper…”

“Just stop for one moment. The war in Afghanistan and Iraq has been going on for years. Every day we pick up a newspaper and learn about the loss of American lives. {time} 2200 Every day we hear about the rampant corruption that goes on in Iraq. Every day we hear about the escalating costs of the military deployment in Iraq. And now we know from the Comptroller General, not from the administration, that the $30 billion that we have already spent in Iraq is not enough to rebuild the country. It is going to cost us $50 billion more. And you know what, Madam Speaker? We ought to be having a hearing on a weekly basis, every committee, every single committee who has some jurisdiction, and yet nothing happens. Why are we losing ground in Afghanistan? Why? But we do not dare ask the question.”