Political Quotes

“Madam President, the Senate will be in session this weekend--including Super Bowl Sunday, which is fine by me--to deal with this bill that now, as everyone knows, is about Ukraine, funding for Ukraine and its war effort, funding for Israel, funding for Taiwan, and some other matters. I will dispense with the Israel and Taiwan funding because that is a pretty straightforward one that I think has very strong support here. I am for it. I am also for helping Ukraine against Russia. I do believe we have a national interest in helping Ukraine against Russia. I would just summarize it this way: If you look at China, which most people would agree is the U.S.'s biggest adversary at this point for global influence, the Chinese are hoping one of two things is going to happen. The first is, they are hoping that we are going to get stuck in Ukraine, along with what is happening in the Middle East, and that we are going to be drained by it and we won't be able to focus on the Indo-Pacific. But if we do become disengaged, then what their hope is-- they will go around telling people: See, we told you America is unreliable and a power in decline. So I believe our goal when it comes to Ukraine is to be helpful to Ukraine in a way that doesn't drain us, in a way that doesn't harm our alliances around the world. I have my own personal views on this. I have shared it in the past.…”