Political Quotes

“I would like to clarify from our side of the aisle that when speakers say the Members on the other side of the aisle, there are a lot of Members, including yourself, Mr. Speaker, who help us on defense issues and realize what the needs are of this country. But I would like my liberal colleagues, some on the other side, as well as the conservatives and moderates across the board, to get a security briefing from our submariners. While in all of Russia today the lights are going out and they have economic troubles, they are dropping four, to five to six Typhoon class submarines, nuclear submarines a year. They have three submarines, and I cannot quote the depth because it is classified, that go thousands and thousands of feet. They use molded titanium. Those submarines cost $5 billion to $10 billion, and they are spending $50 billion in nuclear submarines while we are giving them billions of dollars in Russia. I would ask if we really want to save money, let us take a look at where those kinds of dollars are going, and we can save a lot of money. And that does affect our national security.”