Political Quotes

“I want to simply urge the support of my colleagues for the amendment that my colleague, Senator McCain, has brought forward. We have to care about the lives and the safety, as well as the ability to carry out the mission that we have entrusted to them, of the young men and women in our military. What Senator McCain is doing is nothing more than taking the word of the military--the chiefs and the other military leaders of our country--about what they need, and providing a small amount of that as a part of this supplemental appropriations bill--$847 million worth. All of that money is offset from programs, frankly, that either can be deferred or from funds which are not going to be spent before the beginning of the next fiscal year. So there is very little in terms of loss of any program from the offsets. But this money would make a huge difference to the men and women of our military, if we can get it into the pipeline before October 1. So I hope my colleagues will support the amendment of Senator McCain to help the folks in our military and enable them to do the job we have entrusted them to do.”