Political Quotes

“I cannot understand why this would be a controversial amendment. I suggest that this body can take the action that it deems appropriate. Certainly the White House will have its say in anything that we do on the Defense authorization bill. But this ought not to be that controversial. So let me attempt to explain again what I am trying to do with this amendment. Probably the best way I can do this, Mr. President, is to do it graphically. Above this line we have the status quo, the current law with respect to nuclear testing. Just to set the stage, we have not conducted nuclear tests for a long time. The tests that have been conducted in the last decade have been primarily to ensure safety and reliability of our nuclear stockpile. I might add that about a third of the problems that have been discovered with the stockpile were found as a result of safety testing.”