Political Quotes

“Just like the last amendment, this is not worthy of us as a body. We should be here debating the National Defense Authorization Act; how to equip and train our men and women in uniform so they can protect our country. This is a blatant, cheap shot against the President. It is just a political potshot, and it is really not worthy of us as a body. This is a very poorly-written amendment, on top of all that. I think we would all agree, we shouldn't have political displays by a Commander-in-Chief, or anyone in the government, for that matter, where public dollars are involved. But what about patriotic displays? Is there anything wrong with that? Let me give you a couple of examples of things that would be prohibited by this poorly-written amendment. Every year, you have the Army, Navy, and Air Force playing football against each other for the Commander's Cup. And especially when the Air Force and Navy play each other, they have these flyovers. They each have wonderful aviation capabilities, and they will do a flyover of the stadium, whether it is in Annapolis, or in my district in Colorado Springs. This is written so broadly, you couldn't have any kind of authorized--any kind of--where's the word--exhibition. You could have no exhibition of military arms. So if the President was attending that football game, you couldn't have the flyover. How silly is that?…”