Political Quotes

“I want to underscore and support the comments of the Senator from Arizona, trying to move this process along. I am tempted to repeat what I have repeated on other occasions in this body or elsewhere the words of the famous Congressman from Arizona. Having listened to an extensive debate and been the fourth or fifth speaker, he announced to the audience that everything had been said on the subject but not everyone had said it. So I will take a few moments to share some thoughts about the pending matter. Let me begin by commending my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Lieberman, who serves on the committee, the chairman of the subcommittee, Senator Cohen of Maine, and of course my colleagues from Rhode Island as well. My colleagues will be pleased to note that if we can successfully defeat this amendment, this may be the last debate on the Seawolf program, because this is the last Seawolf. That in itself may cause significant support to move in our direction, having heard for the last number of years on numerous occasions from colleagues across the country of their desire that this issue be resolved once and for all. So I urge my colleagues to oppose the McCain amendment and once and for all put the Seawolf issue to bed, having completed the third program.”