Tim Ryan: “The problem with this whole situation, this whole scenario, is that as we are spending $1.5 billion a week in Iraq, and…”

“The problem with this whole situation, this whole scenario, is that as we are spending $1.5 billion a week in Iraq, and we are borrowing money from the Chinese, over $1 trillion in the last 4 years, not investing in the United States, not investing in education, not investing in research and development, not fixing our health care issue, we are weakening ourselves as a country. Now we all as Americans want to say we want to be good to other countries. We want to be helpful to other countries. But if you are not strong at home, what good really are you to the rest of the world? We need a strong America, because if America is not strong, you are going to see a communist China rear its ugly head. And talk about having a debate about an issue. It was in today's paper and on the news last night and today. Osama bin Laden. There is a name we have not heard for a while. Osama bin Laden is still alive leading the jihad. Why are we not having the discussion about where is Osama bin Laden? This is the man who coordinated and organized the attack against the United States on 9/11. And we are having this huge debate about Iraq and what we should do and when we should leave and how it should go. What about Osama bin Laden?”