Political Quotes

“I thank the Chair, I thank the majority leader. Mr. President, 5 years ago Monday, we witnessed the murder of 3,000 Americans in the largest terrorist attack on American soil in the Nation's history. September 11 was a day of loss but also a day of lessons. On September 11, 2001, the American people learned there exists a group of killers, fueled by a twisted version of Islam, who want to destroy America. But we also witnessed how a group of passengers in one hijacked plane, United flight 93, banded together, fought back, and saved countless lives in a simple, selfless act of heroism. Today, we continue to fight the same group of killers not on an airplane over America but in a country in their own neighborhood, Iraq, and elsewhere in the Middle East and around the world. It is the same enemy, the same determination, the same goal. But today we are fighting the radical Islamists on their own turf because we have a President who knows if America doesn't fight back, another September 11 is inevitable. Although the central front on the war in terror is Iraq, we have taken the fight to every corner of the globe. We have improved our intelligence capabilities. We have programs in place to help watch what the bad guys are doing, gather intelligence and disrupt their plans. We have made progress.…”