Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are on the floor here in the U.S. Senate debating and discussing the National Defense Authorization Act-- the NDAA, as we call it--one of the most important bills of the year because it sets our defense policy, defense spending numbers; it lays out the things that Congress wants to do, hopefully, to focus on modality for our troops; and it is about taking care of our military men and women and their families. So it is a very important bill. We are here at the end of the year, unfortunately, and I am going to complain a little bit. We got this bill done in June in the Senate and never brought it to the Senate floor. I am just going to be a little blunt. It is the majority leader. Senator Schumer doesn't prioritize national defense. He doesn't. Every year, the NDAA, under his leadership, has come to the floor at the very end of the year--no chance to amend it; no Senate floor vote. It is wrong that we don't prioritize it. He doesn't prioritize national defense. We are looking at one of the most dangerous periods that we have seen since World War II. Dictators are on the march around the world-- Russia, China, Iran, North Korea. They are all working together. And look at what we are doing with regard to defense spending. We are hitting, with President Biden--look at that--3 percent of GDP. We have been at 3 percent of GDP or lower only three or four times since the end of World War II.…”