Political Quotes

“by way of introduction, my remarks will primarily be in support of an amendment that will be offered by the distinguished ranking member of the Armed Services Committee, the Senator from Virginia, tomorrow to restore missile defense funding that was cut in the Armed Services Committee. I wanted to note that this afternoon the President advised both Senator McCain and I that he would be traveling to our home State of Arizona tomorrow--specifically to the town of Show Low which is under threat of this raging wildfire we have all seen and read about--and he graciously offered to allow us to accompany him on that trip. But, obviously, the importance of this Defense authorization bill-- specifically, the votes we will have tomorrow, including an effort to restore funding for the missile defense portion of the bill--requires that we remain. I am going to speak to the issue that will involve his visit to Arizona tomorrow, why these raging wildfires don't need to continue to devastate our country, what we can do about it, and what we need to do about it as a country at the conclusion of my remarks on the Defense bill.”