Political Quotes

“I strongly urge the authors of this amendment to consider the offer just made by the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. The Senator from Delaware pointed out, putting aside for a second whether or not you would disagree with the provisions in this amendment of 28 pages, that this is a proposal that has never really been debated or considered by committee. Something as far reaching as this is something this body, regardless of where one may stand ultimately on the question of an international criminal court, needs to be prudent in considering. None of us in this body ever wants to see our American men and women in uniform be placed in jeopardy anywhere. I do not know that anyone can tell you with any certainty whether or not that would be the case if this amendment were adopted. Sometimes when we get in the middle of a debate and start arguing these things, emotions get carried away and it gets harder. I would like to pause for a moment. If both sides agreed to wait a bit and consider this issue at a later date, I certainly would withdraw my amendment. I have a simple amendment which just asks the President to report to the Congress any additional legislative action he would deem necessary for us to deal with this issue that the Senator from North Carolina has placed before us. I do not know how my colleagues feel about that. But I urge them to consider debating this later.”