Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak about President Obama's plan to move Guantanamo Bay terrorists to the United States. However, it is not much of a plan. With all due respect, it is more of a failed attempt to fulfill a campaign promise and, in my view, what he believes will secure his legacy. Fortunately for us--those who believe that moving dangerous enemy combatants within our communities is dangerous, irresponsible, and an illogical idea--the President's plan contains nothing really substantive. In fact, it fails to recommend an alternative location to any current facility at all. As a matter of fact, I call that a win. The plan does not provide any intelligence to substantiate the President's claims, nor does it even provide a chart or a graph to support the mathematics on the alleged cost savings, and there is no estimate regarding the cost to local and State governments to support such a move. Indeed, the 9-page report is short in every regard. The White House received the Department of Defense's results of their site surveys and other data regarding a potential closing last month. And this--I am holding up the report here--this is all we have in return: 9 pages. I know the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, my good friend and colleague, Senator John McCain, is not going to be pleased with the lack of substance or data or the articulation of a real plan.…”