Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I rise today to offer my amendment that utilizes the Holman rule to reduce the salary of the director of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, Salman Ahmed, to $1. This extreme leftist was a partisan hack for the Obama administration for 8 years and, prior to that, spent 15 years pushing globalist and anti-America First policies for the United Nations. In his role with the State Department, Ahmed has pushed for squandering tens of millions of dollars on misguided policy pursuits like the Green New Deal and climate change, which he wrongfully believes is an existential threat. Ahmed is a pro-China sympathizer who consistently criticized President Trump for taking a tough stance on Chinese adversaries. As the director of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Staff, Ahmed also played an instrumental role in the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. This poor planning and not-well-thought-out withdrawal resulted in the death of 13 American heroes, a shameful surrender to the Taliban that left our own lifeless. Ahmed is a principle player and one of the main reasons America has become an embarrassment on the global stage. Our brave men and women in uniform and Department of State public servants overseas deserve better than Salman Ahmed. Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment and hold Mr. Salman Ahmed accountable for his terrible performance and reduce his salary to $1. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.”