Walter B. Jones

The strangulation plan the Pentagon has foisted out would mean higher prices at the commissaries, making commissary shopping less attractive, resulting in fewer customer visits and diminished sales.

To uphold this moral contract with our men and women in uniform, their families, and military retirees, we urge rejection of the new Pentagon plan to set participation fees for TRICARE programs.

I hope that if the Russians cross any line that would be of great concern to our country, that the President and his representatives would come to Congress and enlighten us as to what they are concerned about.

I would be the first to agree that the budgets are critical to a strong military, but I also would like to say that integrity in each of the services is also critical to a strong military.

The people in my district, the 3rd District of North Carolina, the home of Camp Lejeune Marine base, 60,000 retired military, do not understand the stupidity of this policy in Afghanistan.

The American people are sick and tired of the money that we continue to spend.

I want to see women and children treated fairly, whether it be America or Afghanistan.

Why is this operation in our vital national interests . . . understanding that credibility of the Commander in Chief is not a vital national interest, and neither are the pictures of dead and wounded citizens (we learned that lesson from…

If there would have been some rethinking of policy before our men died, we would be a lot better off.

I think that this Administration and the Congress needs to face the facts.

We have to get smarter with our policies.

How long are we going to be 'in a decisive phase'? Is that 1 year? Is that 5 years? Or is it something we just don't know?

The American people are financially broke. Yes, they would like to see an Afghan--Afghanistan, excuse me, that, you know, has got trolleys and everything else going for it.

What they want is a smart, efficient foreign policy. I do not think we have had a foreign policy that made a hell of a lot of sense, truthfully, going back to George Bush.

The Soldier Protection System (SPS) is a clear step forward in terms of integrating the systems worn and carried by our warfighters and balancing capabilities like protection and mobility while reducing weight.

Africa cannot be thought of as a monolith.

H.R. 819 would assure taxpayers the right to access the recreational areas they own.

Tell that to the motel owner on Hatteras who lost 65 percent of her customers after the Park Service decided to close the beach.

Well, let me tell you something: tell that to the tackle shop owner in Buxton who laid off a third of his employees because of an arbitrary government decision.

This bill is about jobs, it's about taxpayers' right to access the recreational areas they own, and it's about restoring balance and common sense to Park Service management.

Tell that to the tackle shop owner in Buxton, who laid off a third of his employees because of an arbitrary government decision.

The bottom line here is that the Federal Government is unnecessarily blocking the public from a National Seashore created for their recreation and, in so doing, it is destroying jobs.

Let's spend the money here in America. Let's rebuild our military.

The American people need to understand that the problems you are facing today, there are no problems for the government of Afghanistan.

It is a failed policy.