[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       END THE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN

  (Mr. NOLAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker and Members of the House, I rise in support of 
the President, the Republicans, and the Democrats in this institution 
and across this country who want an end to the war in Afghanistan. It 
has cost us trillions of dollars that we can ill-afford.
  There has been $100 billion spent on infrastructure, yet the 
inspector general cannot find where the money has gone nor where the 
projects have been completed. There is $30 billion in the pipeline now. 
We need to end that.
  We need to bring all the troops home. Bring them home now. Save that 
money. Put it toward deficit reduction and investing in America--our 
roads, our bridges, our schools, our health care system. Our priorities 
demand it and require it.
  Afghanistan is now the most corrupt nation in the world. Afghanistan 
supplies more illegal drugs to the rest of the world than all of the 
rest of the nations combined. It is time to end our involvement and 
stop this shameful waste of America's taxpayer treasure and our 
patriots' blood.

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