Tim Ryan: “Let me finish, Mr. Meek, because the bottom line is this, here is the cost: $8.4 billion per month, $1.9 billion per…”

“Let me finish, Mr. Meek, because the bottom line is this, here is the cost: $8.4 billion per month, $1.9 billion per week in Iraq, $275 million per day in Iraq, $11.5 million per hour in Iraq. If this is the legacy of the Bush administration, you know what? If I was in the White House, I wouldn't want to talk about this either. I would talk about anything possible other than this fact. You want to start talking about providing health care for millions of citizens? You want talk about lower tuition costs? You want to talk about investing in alternative energy sources to reduce our dependence on foreign oil? You want to talk about what Mr. Mica wants to do with airline security and port security? We have got the money. We have got the money. But we are spending it in a black hole called Iraq.”