Political Quotes

“Madam President, I thank Senator Schumer for opening this tremendously important segment of our argument, our case, against this budget resolution. I am here to talk about veterans--what they deserve and what they are being denied, what they have earned and what is being taken away. I rise to honor veterans, who deserve our accolades for their service and their sacrifice. Very often, we fail to appreciate who our veterans are. They are members of our family, our neighbors, our friends, my two sons who have served, one as a Marine Corps officer in Afghanistan and the other as a Navy SEAL. They are role models, as veterans of previous generations were role models for my two sons. They look like America, men and women--increasingly women--different races, religions, backgrounds, national origins. Some are immigrants. What is common to all of them is that they share a bond. The bond among veterans is unique. And they are increasingly a smaller portion of our population. Less than 1 percent of Americans are veterans or even families of veterans. More and more, they serve in multiple deployments. That is what we have seen over these last wars in Iraq and Afghanistan--multiple deployments. We know that families serve as well as veterans.…”