Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of what we have been doing on the Senate floor the past 2 weeks--moving forward on the National Defense Authorization Act. I wish to pay a compliment and my deepest respect to the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, to the ranking member, and to all the members of the Armed Services Committee who have been focused on this bill that we have been putting forward in this Congress and every Congress for the last half century. Our forces are under strain at a time when Henry Kissinger said before the Armed Services Committee that ``the United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the Second World War.'' Here is what some of our top military officials have told our committee about the threats that are rising globally and the dramatic reduction in our military forces. Chief of Staff of the Army, GEN Mark Milley, recently stated that due to cuts and threats, our Army is at a state of ``high military risk'' when it comes to being ready enough to defend our interests. That is a very serious statement by the Chief of Staff of the Army, ``high military risk'' for our military and the ability of the U.S. Army to do its mission. He also said that when it comes to Russia and its new aggressiveness, we are ``outranged and outgunned.'' Let me spend a little bit of time on the new challenge from Russia.…”