Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 29, 2012
I just want to say that I sit on two committees, the Armed Services Committee and also the Small Business Committee. And when I think about the fact that 2 weeks ago the President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, was visiting the nation of Cuba. So for me, this is an economic issue. It is an economic security issue, and it is also a national security issue.
Said by
Allen West
Republican · Florida

Editor's note · Context

West links Ahmadinejad's visit to Cuba with economic and national security concerns.

Share & report

More from Allen West

Dec 18, 2012

I see this kind of, how do you put together a train? And too often what we do, we put a caboose before the engine.

congress.gov
Jan 23, 2013

Look, Anderson, the big concern we should have right now, you know, we kicked the can on sequestration. The sequestration is going to hit in March. That means 200,000 army soldiers and Marines are going to be put out.

transcripts.cnn.com
Mar 21, 2012

So I think that the precedent is established. We have one language that we operate in, the Federal Government, and that is English.

congress.gov
Mar 27, 2012

But do you think that China sees itself as being able to be somewhat belligerent because of the fact they do have this control of 28 percent of our debt and a little bit of a trade imbalance advantage over us? Do you think that that gives…

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation