“That is now a matter for FIFA.”
“Why is it outrageous as a Democrat to call Platner the piece of shit that he’s always been? I mean, like this isn’t radical ideas here.”
“Because what we’re not going to do is we’re never going to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon because we know they will use it.”
“You know, I made the math possible for a majority in ’26. The people that pushed that garbage now just made that now more unlikely.”
“Eliminate the penny, plug the nickel, and make some commemorative gold coins nobody can afford.”

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On the recordFebruary 15, 2011
The Selective Service is a readiness issue. If we don't have the process all set up, it would take 2 years to restore it. And if we're in a national emergency--that's why we put the Selective Service thing in place--because if we were in a national emergency and we had to get more people and we couldn't do it through the all-volunteer force, we have to have a way to do it. And so we put this in place several years ago. It was very bipartisan at the time. I can understand the gentleman's skepticism, but this is the first we've heard of this. I think it would be better for the committee to look at this and maybe have a hearing on this and then we can address it again in the 2012 bill.
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The speaker discusses the importance of the Selective Service in national readiness and the need for further committee review.

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