Political Quotes

“I want to address this amendment which unfairly targets and penalizes taxpaying Americans by denying them some very important appropriations that were approved by Congress in 2008. Senator DeMint came to the floor to describe actions that the city of Berkeley took last week in relation to the U.S. Marine Corps recruiting office. Let me be completely clear about those actions. Three of the members, in particular, wanted to send a letter expressing their disapproval of the Marines having a recruiting center in Berkeley. The language was offensive to many. I did not agree with anything they said. Now, on Tuesday, they explicitly stated that the ill-advised letter they were planning to send to the Marines would no longer be sent. Therefore, you would think Senator DeMint would then say, fine, I am glad they changed their mind. In addition, the city said this in writing.”