Political Quotes

“Mr. President, these are areas that I think can unify us: industrial base, workers, Taiwan, Israel. Like any bill, there are things in here I don't like: too much direct support to Ukraine, direct budget support. I think the European Union--Europeans--should be doing that, not us. Senator Collins did a good job of limiting that. It still has too much. If we have an amendment process here, I have an amendment that would strip that. Focus on lethal aid, not budget support where the Europeans can do that. There are other amendments out here to enhance what we give our allies. President Biden's team recently said we are not going to send any more LNG to Asia or Europe. I just spoke with a very senior European elected official who thinks that is a real bad idea. We have an amendment that said you can't do that, Mr. President. We have to send energy to our allies. So there is a lot more we can do to improve this bill. I will end with this. You know, one of the arguments against this bill will say: Well, you know what, we don't have to do anything in Ukraine; we will let Putin roll. But we will be real strong in Taiwan. We will be real strong all over the rest of the world. We will deter these authoritarians there; don't worry so much about Ukraine. But, as you know, that is not really how the world works. It is not how the world works. Deterrence is not divisible. American credibility is not divisible.…”