Mr. Chairman, this is not campaign finance reform, it is national security. And we want the President of the United States to have the same power previous Presidents have had for national security. This is national security. What the Morella amendment, in my judgment, is is a poison pill to his ability to govern this country under national security, unless we have the safety valve that we have put in there.
Discussing the implications of the Morella amendment on national security during a committee meeting.
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We have proven we can do it in the elimination of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.
I would think we would be doing him a hell of a gift to get them out of the country.
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