Political Quotes

“Madam President, I appreciate my colleague's comments. Rather than read the remainder of this, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks here there will be additional quotations on the need for modernization by former lab directors Dr. Miller, Secretary Schlesinger, and several others. I would conclude by emphasizing what the lab directors also emphasized in this correspondence. ``As we emphasized in our testimonies, implementation of the future vision of the nuclear deterrent will require sustained attention and continued refinement.'' The outyears are very important. That is why the record we create in this debate is important to ensuring that those who come after us will appreciate our intentions as we move forward here that we never again take our eye off the ball and allow the deterioration in our nuclear forces to occur, as we have, so we can continue to support them as called for in this modernization plan. I will ask unanimous consent to have those printed in the Record at this point, and then make the remainder of the statement at another time when I have not taken up all of my colleagues' time.…”