Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I thank him for his leadership year in and year out to clarify what our mission is and to make sure that we honor our troops--and ``honor them'' means not having them stay in harm's way any longer than is necessary for our national security. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this rule, and I do so with some level of sadness; because when we're talking about the defense of our country and the oath we take to protect and defend the Constitution, I would have hoped, under this bill, we could have had, on the floor, the appropriate discussion of what is happening in Afghanistan. I rise today, just having returned with a bipartisan, all-women congressional delegation to Afghanistan. It's our traditional Mother's Day visit to our troops who are there in combat. We've recently been going to Afghanistan, and Iraq before that. The purpose of the trip this time was to have a conversation with the President of Afghanistan, President Karzai, as the first congressional delegation into Afghanistan following the signing of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between President Obama and President Karzai. But our main purpose of the trip was to visit our troops and to thank them for their service and their sacrifice to keep America's families safe on Mother's Day and every day in the year.…”