Evan Bayh: “Reduction to any appropriation account increases the risks of not being able to meet our mission requirements.”

We are paying a macroeconomic price for the delay in resolving this issue.

Our national security has not been harmed by the integration of the Armed Forces.

There's something fundamentally wrong about that. If we can pursue our Nation's security without putting them or us as a country institutionalizing hypocrisy, I think America is stronger, we are a more just and secure country.

We should not discriminate against them. We should honor that service, honor that patriotism, the way we do the service and patriotism of any American who is willing to put on the uniform of this country.