Political Quotes

“I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Connecticut will be postponed. Amendment No. 11 Offered by Mr. DeFazio The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 11 printed in House Report 114-639. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 115, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $22,703,000)''. Page 265, line 9, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $22,703,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to House Resolution 794, the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Oregon. Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Chair, I yield myself 90 seconds. This bipartisan amendment would zero out funding for an obsolete, archaic system--the so-called Selective Service. Thirty-nine years ago, the Russians invaded Afghanistan. Jimmy Carter, in one of the moments of his rather pathetic Presidency, decided that we would send two symbols to the Russians: we wouldn't go to the Olympics, and we would reinstate registration for the draft despite the fact that his own Selective Service had just come up with a report showing that the need for Selective Service was obsolete and unnecessary. They tried to recall all of the reports. They didn't.…”