Members of Congress speak out against war

On July 18th, 15 members of Congress spoke for 90 minutes on the FY 2013 Defense Appropriations Act in pursuit of one goal:

End the war in Afghanistan. Bring our troops home.

The bipartisan effort, led by Reps. Jim McGovern (D-MA) and Walter Jones (R-NC), included statements by 4 Republicans and 11 Democrats:

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Dan Burton (R-IN)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA)



I sure wish there were more of them!