Political Quotes

“I would like to take a moment to address Congresswoman Miller and Congressman King's amendments in the en bloc. Their amendments would strike provisions of the bill that block the administration from diverting funds from critical military construction projects to the border wall. The bill also prohibits the administration from backfilling projects in fiscal years 2016 to 2020 that were previously canceled for construction of the border wall, and the amendments strike that provision as well. Stealing military construction funds from the intended purpose has a direct impact on military readiness, compromises our national security, and the safety and welfare of servicemembers and their families. Thirty percent of the Department of Defense infrastructure, according to the Department of Defense, is in poor or failing condition. The military construction funds provided and approved by Congress were intended for specific projects as requested by the services. To support these two amendments is to declare that catering to xenophobia is more important than making sure we have the best fighting force in the world. The amendments in question seek to grant the President the power of a monarch and allow him to steal funding from our troops and bypass Congress at will. I thought Mexico was supposed to pay for the border wall. Instead, these amendments ask our heroes in uniform to pay for it. We have to take a stand against that, and we do that in this bill.…”